In this article we will see how we can get the date and time when a status/tweet was posted/tweeted. The created_at attribute of the Status object provides us with a datetime object which tell us when the status was posted.
Identifying the date when a status was posted in the GUI :
In the above mentioned status, the status was posted on : Jun 11
In order to get the date and time when the status was posted, we have to do the following :
- Identify the status ID of the status from the GUI.
- Get the Status object of the status using the
get_status()
method with the status ID.- From this object, fetch the created_at attribute present in it.
Example 1 : Consider the following status :
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272771459249844224.
# import the module import tweepy
# assign the values accordingly consumer_key = ""
consumer_secret = ""
access_token = ""
access_token_secret = ""
# authorization of consumer key and consumer secret auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
# set access to user's access key and access secret auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret) # calling the api api = tweepy.API(auth)
# the ID of the status id = 1272771459249844224
# fetching the status user = api.get_status( id )
# fetching the created_at attribute created_at = status.created_at
print ( "The status was created at : " + str (created_at))
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Output :
The status was created at : 2020-06-16 06:02:17
Example 2 : Consider the following status :
We will use the status ID to fetch the status. The status ID of the above mentioned status is 1272479136133627905.
# the ID of the status id = 1272479136133627905
# fetching the status user = api.get_status( id )
# fetching the created_at attribute created_at = status.created_at
print ( "The status was created at : " + str (created_at))
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Output :
The status was created at : 2020-06-15 10:40:42