As the docs [1] state the correct format is since:YYYY-MM-DD which give you resolution down to a day. Any further processing must be done on the client side. Given the constraints, utilizing a combination of since: and since_id sounds like a great solution. 1. http://search.twitter.com/operators
Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Jeffrey Greenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > What is the resolution of the 'since' operator? It appears to be by the > day, but I'd sure like it to be by the minute or second. > Can't seem to find this in the docs. > > The use case is that I want to minimize pulling searches results that i've > already got. My solution is to record the time of the last search and the > last status_id, and ask for subsequent searches from the status_id. If that > fails because it's out of range, I'll ask by the last search date. Is this > the way to go? > > > http://www.tweettronics.com > http://www.jeffrey-greenberg.com > >
