So if I make a post on stackoverflow with the tags "javascript" and "sort", and ...

gkoberger · on March 18, 2013

In theory, sure. However, I only use answers posted before the comic was released to avoid this very problem :)

mrgoldenbrown · on March 18, 2013

Are you taking edits into account?

kevjiang · on March 18, 2013

Doesn't seem like it.

Code:

  var common_url = '&pagesize=100&order=desc&site=stackoverflow&todate=1363473554';

SO /questions api:

  todate – Unix timestamp of the maximum creation date on a returned item