[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27002: Scheduling not working when editing posts

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#27002: Scheduling not working when editing posts
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 Reporter:  timgoleman    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time     |     Version:  3.8.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mordauk):

 It looks like there is an issue with scheduling a privately published
 post.

 A scheduled post usually looks like this: http://screencloud.net/v/tXZz

 Now take that scheduled post and set it's visibility to Private, and it
 looks like this: http://screencloud.net/v/1bro

 The "Published" on is in the future, so clearly it should still be
 scheduled, but it is actually privately published.

 Looks like a legitimate bug to me.

 I seems reasonable to me that a post should be able to be scheduled for a
 private publication, though I'm not sure the current post status
 infrastructure supports that, since a scheduled post is simply one that
 has a date in the future and a post status of `future` and a private post
 is simply one that has a post status of `private`.

 I see two potential fixes:

 1. Don't allow scheduled posts to be set to private
 2. Don't allow private posts to be set with a publication date in the
 future

 Neither is very great.

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