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You know, not everything on Twitter has to be right now. Maybe you want to time a witty, wonderful tweet you think of at 3 a.m. for a more human-like hour when people are more likely to see it. Or you want to plan in advance to promote a blog post by queuing up a tweet that goes live when it does.

If you’ve never scheduled a tweet, fear not: It’s relatively straightforward once you know where to find the feature. You can do it right within Twitter, which is a nice change from the days when you needed a third-party service to do the trick. But it’s probably not where you might expect to find it if you’re using your phone.

First, the desktop way

I, a long-suffering Minnesota Twins fan, am so sure they’re going to win the World Series this year that I want to schedule a tweet to go live on November 1 congratulating the new world champs.

On the desktop, I just need to head over to Twitter.com and in the “What’s happening?” box up top, I’ll compose my tweet. Next, I’ll…