[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3962: WordPress should adjust for DST ("location" appropriate)

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#3962: WordPress should adjust for DST ("location" appropriate)
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 Reporter:  iacas           |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  task (blessed)  |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  high            |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.1.2    
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-testing   |  
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Comment(by ryan):

 Replying to [comment:53 Otto42]:
 > Replying to [comment:52 sambauers]:
 > > This is why we should just leave them out altogether. If they already
 have a GMT+# timezone specified then show that in a note, not the
 dropdown.
 >
 > Well, we still want them to be able to manually select a timezone
 directly, as some people won't want to pick a city.
 >
 > Since the Etc ones are potentially confusing, I'm thinking of just
 adding a bunch of "UTC-10" ones directly in and then having them clear the
 timezone string entirely and set the gmt_offset directly, much like the
 old way. But they'd still be in the dropdown list.
 >
 > I'll work up a patch for that, show you what I mean.

 That sounds good.  Would UTC (no offset) map to Etc/UTC?

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