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Emily Chen
Emily Chen

Reputation: 123

what is user timezone from twitter?

I have a JSON format tweet data. One attribute is user location where you can see the place user lives. However many people say it is not enough to prove that user is from that place. I also see there is called user.time_zone. But could not find officially find an explanation what is user timezone, even from twitter website.

Could Anyone help me to answer what is user timezone? Is it timezone where user from? 

"user" : {

                "profile_sidebar_fill_color" : "DDEEF6",
                "geo_enabled" : true,
                "created_at" : "Wed Jun 08 06:20:33 +0000 2011",
                "contributors_enabled" : false,
                "time_zone" : "Brisbane",
                "profile_sidebar_border_color" : "C0DEED",
                "translator_type" : "none",
                "is_translator" : false
        }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 675

Answers (1)

Terence Eden
Terence Eden

Reputation: 14314

As Andy said in the comments, timezones are not given any more. Even when they were, they weren't very helpful. There are dozens of countries which use Central European Time, for example.

You cannot assume that a user has filled in their data correctly. I quite often choose "Dublin" as my timezone instead of "London", because it is alphabetically first in a drop down menu.

The only other way to see where a user claims to be, is by looking at any geotagged posts. Although even these can be faked.

Upvotes: 1

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