[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11949: Sheduled posts do not respect the time zone set in Options

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#11949: Sheduled posts do not respect the time zone set in Options
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 Reporter:  maciakl       |       Owner:  westi                           
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                             
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned                      
Component:  Cron          |     Version:  2.9.1                           
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  timezone time zone sheduled cron
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 I'm currently running Wordpress 2.9.1 and I'm experiencing a strange time
 zone related issue. I'm on a shared server and the time zone on it is set
 to PST (I can't change that). I am located in the EST time zone. The issue
 is probably best described as this:

 1. In General options I have set my Time Zone to be New York
 2. I schedule a post to be published at 10am the next day expecting this
 to mean 10am EST
 3. I wake up in the morning at 7am and notice the post was already
 published
 4. The date/time note at the post says it was published on 10am but it was
 not
 5. Comments below the post have correct EST dates

 For example, please see this post:

 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2010/01/19/dragon-age-end-game-
 decision/

 It says it was posted at 10am today. Then note the first comment - it was
 posted shortly after 5am. This means the post went at least live 5 hours
 before it was supposed to.

 This leads me to believe that my Wordpress is for some reason not
 respecting the time zone when it comes to scheduled posts (ie the cron job
 or whatever publishes a scheduled post thinks that the date is in UST),
 but applies it correctly when it comes to comments.

 This issue started when I upgraded to 2.9.1 using the automated upgrade
 feature.

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