Re: I thought I needed a twitter account to follow someone and get their tweets in real time.
I thought so too. So good news, but, tell me, is their a date or time inserted anywhere? I never know when one was written.
All tweets are time stamped. You have to click the actual tweet to see the date.
For instance, if you're just looking at a tweet in the timeline you'll see how long ago the tweet was posted:
But, if you click that tweet, you will see the exact time posted: