I just tried using time() without adding 3 hours and I get this error:
Timestamp out of bounds
So I believe adding 3 hours is the right thing to do.

On Jan 17, 9:36 pm, Yusuke Yamamoto <[email protected]> wrote:
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> time() returns epoch time which is an absolute value, and you don't need to 
> consider timezones.http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php
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> On Jan 18, 2011, at 13:56 , Thomas wrote:
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> > My servers default time is PST but twitters time is EST I believe so
> > that's why I added 3 hours.
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> > On Jan 17, 4:35 pm, "@epc" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Jan 16, 2:10 pm, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >>> <?php
> >>> $time = time() + 10800;
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> >> Why are you setting the timestamp for 3 hours in the future?
> >> oAuth/twitter are very picky about the time being "close" to accurate,
> >> being 3 hours off is definitely one potential problem with your code.
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