[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10324: Better Timezone Selection interface

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#10324: Better Timezone Selection interface
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 Reporter:  Otto42          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  minor           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by rmccue):

 Replying to [comment:8 Otto42]:
 > I come back around to this about once every 6 months and see if the
 state of the web has gotten any better for doing this in a nice manner. I
 have yet to find a good approach. More services are available now, and
 it's easier to do it with something like Google's APIs, but there's still
 not a good widely supported DIY method for it.

 The patch from #10660 is probably still good, as api.wordpress.org still
 appears to work.

 One improvement that could be made is using `new
 Date().getTimezoneOffset()` in JS and cross-referencing the offset with
 the offsets in PHP/Olson form. There's an [http://www.pageloom.com
 /automatic-timezone-detection-with-javascript existing JS library] which
 is MIT licensed that can do this.

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