gistfile1.java

package sandbox;

import twitter4j.*;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws TwitterException, ParseException {
        Twitter twitter = TwitterFactory.getSingleton();
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        Date since = format.parse("2006-03-01");
        Date until = monthLater(since);
        Date now = new Date();
        while (since.before(now)) {
            String sinceStr = format.format(since);
            String untilStr = format.format(until);
            Query query = new Query("now");
            query.since(sinceStr).until(untilStr);
            QueryResult result = twitter.search(query);
            System.out.printf("%s-%s %d\n", sinceStr, untilStr, result.getTweets().size());
            since = until;
            until = monthLater(since);
        }
    }

    static Date monthLater(Date date) {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTime(date);
        calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);
        return calendar.getTime();
    }
}