Python
======

>>> status_id = int(184846323277770752)
>>> timestamp = (status_id >> 22)
>>> print timestamp
44070797748
>>> timestamp = (status_id >> 22) + 1288834974657
>>> print timestamp
1332905772405
>>> import time
>>> print time.ctime(timestamp/1000)
Wed Mar 28 00:36:12 2012

PHP
===

php > $status_id = '184846323277770752';
php > $timestamp = ($status_id >> 22);
php > echo $timestamp;
511
php > $timestamp = ($status_id >> 22) + '1288834974657';
php > echo $timestamp;
1288834975168

The integer value of var on success, or 0 on failure. Empty arrays return 0, non-empty arrays return 1.

The maximum value depends on the system. 32 bit systems have a maximum signed integer range of -2147483648 to 2147483647. So for example on such a system, intval('1000000000000') will return 2147483647. The maximum signed integer value for 64 bit systems is 9223372036854775807.

Strings will most likely return 0 although this depends on the leftmost characters of the string. The common rules of integer casting apply.