[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25345: WordPress Network uses UTC for default time zone for new blogs

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#25345: WordPress Network uses UTC for default time zone for new blogs
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 Reporter:  novasource    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Multisite     |     Version:  3.6.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 Multiple languages aren't the same as times. The reason you get an option
 there is you've installed multiple languages.

 My argument is this: It's currently consistent with the single site
 experience.

 No one gets 'told' to update their timezones, and IIRC it should try to
 detect what your server has PHP time set to as a default (which may be why
 my localhost defaulted to UTC). That has always been problematic, when
 your host has your server in Virginia, but you live in Hawaii. Not an
 example pulled from nowhere ;)

 If you want to override it for Multisite, you can use a plugin, or
 probably define it in the wp-config.php (if not, we SHOULD have that), but
 adding in more options is exactly why we have plugins like
 ​http://wordpress.org/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/ (which as of 3 years
 ago solved exactly this issue - http://wordpress.org/support/topic
 /default-timezone-for-new-site?replies=3 )

 For thems that needs 'em, we got 'em. For the rest, it works like single-
 WP. That feels preferable to me, based on how many people come kvetching
 to the forums and IRC about this one :)

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