[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38774: Date and time APIs for posts make wrong timezone assumptions

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#38774: Date and time APIs for posts make wrong timezone assumptions
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 Reporter:  Rarst         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time     |     Version:  4.6.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Rarst):

 Replying to [comment:1 jdgrimes]:
 > In some cases the intention might be to show what time it actually was
 on the site *at the time a post was published*, not what time it was on
 the site then relative to the site's current timezone.

 While I fully consider this a valid use case, it’s not what current API
 either promises or attempts to deliver.

 I think the first step should be fixing things to a point that they
 produce ''correct time at all'', which is very long overdue for Date/Time
 component.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38774#comment:2>
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