[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36591: discourage the setting of the offset in the options and that way always have a timezone string in options

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#36591: discourage the setting of the offset in the options and that way always
have a timezone string in options
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 Reporter:  pbearne       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by swissspidy):

 Yeah, we discussed this in #18146 and the consensus there was we couldn't
 just remove the manual GMT offset for BC reasons.

 Mapping to a default timezone (including an upgrade routine) could work,
 though it may confuse users suddenly being in the "wrong" timezone.

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