Other time representation

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Twoot is a python script that mirrors tweets from a twitter account to a Mastodon account.
 It is simple to set-up on a local machine, configurable and feature-rich.
 
-**19 JUN 2023** VERSION 4.0
+**28 JUN 2023** VERSION 4.0
 
 * Added option to update avatar and banner pictures on profile if changed on Twitter
 * Tweaked list of nitter instances

twoot.py

@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@ def main(argv):
     logging.info('  tweet_delay              : ' + str(TOML['options']['tweet_delay']))
     logging.info('  toot_cap                 : ' + str(TOML['options']['toot_cap']))
     logging.info('  subst_twitter            : ' + str(TOML['options']['subst_twitter']))
-    logging.info('  subst_twitter            : ' + str(TOML['options']['subst_youtube']))
+    logging.info('  subst_youtube            : ' + str(TOML['options']['subst_youtube']))
-    logging.info('  subst_twitter            : ' + str(TOML['options']['subst_reddit']))
+    logging.info('  subst_reddit             : ' + str(TOML['options']['subst_reddit']))
     logging.info('  log_level                : ' + str(TOML['options']['log_level']))
     logging.info('  log_days                 : ' + str(TOML['options']['log_days']))
 
@@ -887,13 +887,13 @@ def main(argv):
         # Extract time stamp
         time_string = status.find('span', class_='tweet-date').a.get('title')
         try:
-            timestamp = datetime.strptime(time_string, '%d/%m/%Y, %H:%M:%S').timestamp()
+            timestamp = datetime.strptime(time_string, '%d/%m/%Y, %H:%M:%S')
         except:
             # Dec 21, 2021 · 12:00 PM UTC
-            timestamp = datetime.strptime(time_string, '%b %d, %Y · %I:%M %p %Z').timestamp()
+            timestamp = datetime.strptime(time_string, '%b %d, %Y · %I:%M %p %Z')
 
         # Check if time is within acceptable range
-        if not is_time_valid(timestamp):
+        if not is_time_valid(timestamp.timestamp()):
             out_date_cnt += 1
             logging.debug("Tweet outside valid time range, skipping")
             continue
@@ -976,13 +976,13 @@ def main(argv):
         # Add footer with link to original tweet
         if TOML['options']['remove_original_tweet_ref'] is False:
             if TOML['options']['footer'] != '':
-                tweet_text += '\nOriginal tweet : ' + substitute_source(full_status_url)
+                tweet_text += '\nOriginal tweet: ' + substitute_source(full_status_url)
             else:
-                tweet_text += '\n\nOriginal tweet : ' + substitute_source(full_status_url)
+                tweet_text += '\n\nOriginal tweet: ' + substitute_source(full_status_url)
 
         # Check what timestamp would look like
-        logging.debug("TEST TIMESTAMP")
+        logging.debug("TEST TIMESTAMP " + str(time_string))
-        logging.debug(tweet_text + ' ' + time_string)
+        logging.debug(tweet_text + ' (' + datetime.strftime(timestamp, '%x %X') + ')')
 
         # If no media was specifically added in the tweet, try to get the first picture
         # with "twitter:image" meta tag in first linked page in tweet text
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ def main(argv):
         tweet = {
             "author": author,
             "author_account": author_account,
-            "timestamp": timestamp,
+            "timestamp": timestamp.timestamp(),
             "tweet_id": tweet_id,
             "tweet_text": tweet_text,
             "video": video_file,
@@ -1107,9 +1107,9 @@ def main(argv):
         except MastodonAPIError:
             # Assuming this is an:
             # ERROR ('Mastodon API returned error', 422, 'Unprocessable Entity', 'Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Try again in a moment!')
-            logging.warning('Mastodon API Error 422: Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Waiting 15 seconds and retrying.')
+            logging.warning('Mastodon API Error 422: Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Waiting 60 seconds and retrying.')
-            # Wait 15 seconds
+            # Wait 60 seconds
-            time.sleep(15)
+            time.sleep(60)
             # retry posting
             try:
                 toot = mastodon.status_post(tweet['tweet_text'], media_ids=media_ids)