[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39954: REST API: Improve date updates if both `date` and `date_gmt` are set

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#39954: REST API: Improve date updates if both `date` and `date_gmt` are set
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 Reporter:  jnylen0      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API     |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mnelson4):

 What if I'm on a holiday in a different timezone when I wrote the post?
 Might it make sense for the `date` and `date_gmt` to not differ by
 gmt_offset? (Eg I'm usually in New York, UTC-5, but I went on a trip to
 Los Angeles,  UTC-8, and wrote a post at 12pm while there, so it's `date`
 is 12:00, and its `date_gmt` is 20:00). If that's a valid case, then when
 someone provides both the `date` and `date_gmt`, we should probably just
 use those two values exactly, and not apply `gmt_offset` to either.

 Or maybe the dates should just always be in the site's timezone,
 regardless of the author's local time? If so, disregard this comment.

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