[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4480: Event API returns date/time information without timezone

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#4480: Event API returns date/time information without timezone
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 Reporter:  Rarst        |       Owner:  iandunn
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:
Component:  Events API   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by iandunn):

 Replying to [comment:15 Rarst]:
 > Is there now better time zone information than seconds offset to use?

 For meetup events,
 [https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html
 /wp-content/plugins/official-wordpress-events/official-wordpress-
 events.php?rev=9854&marks=613#L601 we only have the offset in the
 database], because that's the only TZ info that
 [https://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/docs/:urlname/events/#list Meetup.com's
 `:urlname/events` endpoint provides].

 For WordCamps, [https://central.wordcamp.org/wp-
 json/wp/v2/wordcamps/3098988 we only have the WP timestamp, with `00:00`
 for the time], so really just the local date. We could add TZ info here,
 but I think that's out of scope for this ticket, and a lower priority.
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 > Seems confusing that `date` field is a string, but `date_utc` is a
 timestamp.

 That's a great point. I was trying to maintain consistency w/ the existing
 fields, but clarity is more important.

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