Twitter created_at timestamp comparing it in php

In the twitter API each 开发者_如何学Pythontweet has a timestamp a property of "created_at"

The format is "Sat Sep 17 14:48:57 +0000 2011";

The user should get a point every 24 hours for a tweet..

how will I do date compare with this timestamp in php?

$tweetTimestamp = strtotime('Sat Sep 17 14:48:57 +0000 2011');

if($tweetTimestamp > 84600) {
echo ' update tweet points';
}
else {
    echo ' no points';
}

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time() - $tweetTimestamp will give you the number of seconds that have passed since $tweetTimestamp.

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$tweetTimestamp = strtotime('Sat Sep 17 14:48:57 +0000 2011');

if(time() - $tweetTimestamp > 84600) {
echo ' update tweet points';
}
else {
    echo ' no points';
}