https://github.com/client9/snowflake2time

Converts twitter snowflake ids to UTC timestamps (unix epoch seconds or milliseconds) and back in php and python
https://github.com/client9/snowflake2time

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Converts twitter snowflake ids to UTC timestamps (unix epoch seconds or milliseconds) and back in php and python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/client9/snowflake2time
• Owner: client9
• License: other
• Created: 2012-06-05T14:13:41.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-13T17:38:30.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-08T17:15:05.657Z (6 months ago)
• Language: PHP
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• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 50
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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snowflake2time

==============

Converts Twitter snowflake ids to UTC timestamps (unix epoch seconds

or milliseconds) and back.

Hi.  I don't use this anymore, so pull requests to fix things up and/or become an owner are very welcome!  --nickg 2018

## Snowflake Layout

```

  1  sign bit -- not used, always 0?

 41 bits (milliseconds since epoch) - 1288834974657L

  5  bits datacenter id

  5  bits machine id

 12 bit sequence number

```

Currently in php and python.  Other languages welcome!

## The Snowflake algorithm:

https://github.com/twitter/snowflake/blob/master/src/main/scala/com/twitter/service/snowflake/IdWorker.scala

Twitter IDs, JSON and Snowflake  2011-06-26

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-ids-json-and-snowflake

Other Snowflake news:

http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/5152a34a8ae6ccb6/1edb5cd6002f6499?pli=1

https://dev.twitter.com/blog/direct-messages-going-snowflake-on-sep-30-2011