package main import ( "fmt" "strconv" "time" ) func waitMinutes(minutes int) { //wait to avoid the twitter api limitation timeToSleep := time.Duration(minutes) * time.Minute fmt.Println("waiting " + strconv.Itoa(minutes) + " min to avoid twitter api limitation") fmt.Println(time.Now().Local()) time.Sleep(timeToSleep) } func waitSeconds(seconds int) { //wait to avoid the twitter api limitation timeToSleep := time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second fmt.Println("waiting " + strconv.Itoa(seconds) + " seconds to avoid twitter api limitation") fmt.Println(time.Now().Local()) time.Sleep(timeToSleep) }