Module:TwitterSnowflake/sandbox

 localp={}

 localDate=require('Module:Date')._Date

 functionp.snowflakeToDate(frame)
 localformat=frame.args.formator"%B %e, %Y"
 localepoch=tonumber(frame.args.epoch)or1288834974
 localid_str=frame.args.id_str
 iftype(id_str)~="string"thenerror("bad argument #1 (expected string, got "..type(id_str)..")",2)end
 iftype(format)~="string"thenerror("bad argument #2 (expected string, got "..type(format)..")",2)end
 iftype(epoch)~="number"thenerror("bad argument #3 (expected number, got "..type(epoch)..")",2)end
 localhi,lo=0,0
 localhiexp=1
 localtwo32=2^32
 forcinid_str:gmatch(".")do
 lo=lo*10+c
 iflo>=two32then
 hi,lo=hi*10^hiexp+math.floor(lo/two32),lo%two32
 hiexp=1
 elsehiexp=hiexp+1end
 end
 hi=hi*10^(hiexp-1)
 localtimestamp=math.floor((hi*1024+math.floor(lo/4194304))/1000)+epoch
 returnos.date(format,timestamp)
 end

 functionp.getDate(frame)
 -- just pass frame directly to snowflakeToDate, this wraps it but the args are the same plus
 if(frame.args.id_str):match("%D")then-- not a number, so return -2
 return-2
 end
 frame.args.format="%B %e, %Y"
 ifframe.args.datethen
 frame.args.date=mw.ustring.gsub(frame.args.date,"(%d%d%d%d)%a","%1")
 end
 frame.args.epoch=tonumber(frame.args.epoch)or1288834974
 localepochdate=Date(os.date("%B %e, %Y",frame.args.epoch))
 localtwitterdate=Date(p.snowflakeToDate(frame))
 iftwitterdate==epochdatethen-- created before epoch, so can't determine the date
 return-1
 end
 localdate=Date(frame.args.date)or0-- if we error here, then an input of no date causes an error, which is contrary to the entire way {{TwitterSnowflake/datecheck}} works
 returndate-twitterdate
 end

 localfunctionabs_datediff(x)
 iftype(x)=='number'thenreturnmath.abs(x)end
 returnmath.abs(x.age_days)
 end

 functionp.datecheck(frame)
 localargs=frame.args
 ifnot(args.dateandargs.id_str)then
 error('Must define date and id_str, even if they are blank.')
 end
 localerrors={
 args.error1or'Date mismatch of two or more days',
 args.error2or'No date, and posted before November 4, 2010',
 args.error3or'Invalid id_str'
 }
 ifmw.title.getCurrentTitle():inNamespace(0)andargs.error_catthen
 fori=1,3doerrors[i]=errors[i]..'[['..args.error_cat..']]'end
 end
 ifnotargs.date:match('^%s*$')then-- #if:{{{date|}}}
 localtestResult=p.getDate{args={date=args.date,id_str=args.id_str}}
 iftestResult==-2thenreturnerrors[3]end
 ifabs_datediff(testResult)>1thenreturnerrors[1]end
 elseifnotargs.id_str:match('^%s*$')then
 localtestResult=p.getDate{args={id_str=args.id_str}}
 iftestResult==-1thenreturnerrors[2]end
 iftestResult==-2thenreturnerrors[3]end
 end
 end

 returnp