This:
"Tue Jan 12 21:33:28 +0000 2010"
was returned from Twitter's API. The rest are fairly obvious, but what does +0000 refer to? Is it some type of denotation of a timezone?
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+0000 is an HHMM offset from UTC/GMT, and in this case the time you're getting back is exactly UTC.
Note that this doesn't exactly map to a "geographical" time zone, since daylight savings time may change the offset. For example, Sweden is +0100 in the winter and +0200 in summer.
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Do you know if it ever returns dates *not* exactly in UTC? – wwaawaw Sep 06 '12 at 18:07
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@adlwalrus I've only seen UTC times, but since the time zone is there in the reply, I suspect it's "subject to change at any time" or maybe even depending on which API/version you're calling. – Joachim Isaksson Sep 06 '12 at 18:09
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It could just be for ISO-compliance or something, though. – wwaawaw Sep 06 '12 at 19:23