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Created October 14, 2012 06:45
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This is a function to convert local time to time format for twitter API.
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convertLocalTime
/**
* Convert local time to time format for twitter API.
*
* @param timeStamp Time format for twitter API.
* @return Local time. Depends on the regional settings of the server and time.
*/
public static function convertLocalTime($timeStamp) {
if (isset($timeStamp) === FALSE) return FALSE;
sscanf($timeStamp, "%s %s %d %s %s %d", $week, $month, $day, $time, $gmt, $year);
$rcf2822 = "{$week}\054\040{$day}\040{$month}\040{$year}\040{$time}\040{$gmt}";
$unixEpoch = strtotime($rcf2822);
$localTime = date('r', $unixEpoch);
return $localTime;
}
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This is a function to convert local time to time format for twitter API.
Format examples:Sun Oct 14 06:09:28 +0000 2012
The return value is a format of RCF2822, please change accordingly.

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