Your date does not appear to be properly CGI-encoded:
>> Date.parse(CGI.unescape("Sun%2C+26+Oct+22%3:55%3:48+000+2008"))
=> Mon, 26 Oct 0022
That's what Ruby in our development environment thinks your date is.
Those "%3"s might be the culprit.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am aware of the example in the documentation.
> Thanks for pointing it out and I apologize for not mentioning before
> that I had tried the format listed in the documentation.
>
> For example:
> $this->twitterHost .= "direct_messages.xml?since=Sun%2C+26+Oct
> +22%3:55%3:48+000+2008";
> results in error number 502 (server busy) and "Twitter is over
> capacity" message.
> Not sure why the API does not throw a format error?
>
> I saw a post (http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/
> browse_thread/thread/e97f02c8b8012fb5) which mentions that the API
> conforms to RFC1123 but that does not work either.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Oct 27, 4:35 pm, "Damon Clinkscales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > The API documentation does not clearly list the date format for
>> > obtaining direct_messages sent to a user (within the specified date/
>> > time window).
>> > I am using RFC 1123/822 format but do not get any messages sent with
>> > in the specified date/time window:
>>
>> > For Example:
>>
>> > direct_messages.xml?since=".urlencode("Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EST")
>>
>> > (does not return any messages or errors.)
>>
>> > What is the correct date/time format? Has anyone used this
>> > successfully?
>>
>> > Thanks
>>
>> Personally, I use since_id.
>>
>> But here's the
>> documentation:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#DirectMessageMethods
>>
>> which contains this example:
>>
>> # since. Optional. Narrows the resulting list of direct messages to
>> just those sent after the specified HTTP-formatted date, up to 24
>> hours old. The same behavior is available by setting the
>> If-Modified-Since parameter in your HTTP request.
>>
>> Ex:http://twitter.com/direct_messages/sent.xml?since=Tue%2C+27+Mar+2007+...
>>
>> -damon
>>
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