1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/base_representer.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/base_representer.ex
index a4ef245fc..f13a54412 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/base_representer.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/representers/base_representer.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Representers.BaseRepresenter do
   defmacro __using__(_opts) do
     quote do
+      alias Calendar.Strftime
       def to_json(object) do to_json(object, %{}) end
       def to_json(object, options) do
         object
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Representers.BaseRepresenter do
         |> enum_to_list(options)
         |> Poison.encode!
       end
+
+      def format_asctime(date) do
+        Strftime.strftime!(date, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y")
+      end
+
+      def date_to_asctime(date) do
+        with {:ok, date, _offset} <- date |> DateTime.from_iso8601 do
+            format_asctime(date)
+        else _e ->
+            ""
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end