[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36738: No validation for $post_date_gmt parameter

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#36738: No validation for $post_date_gmt parameter
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 Reporter:  Latz               |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:  4.5.1
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 1) When publishing a post via `wp_insert_post()`and the `$post_date_gmt`
 parameter has a wrong format it's silently set to `0000-00-00 00:00:00`.

 2) If `$post_date` is omitted in the parameter array WP tries to determine
 it from `$post_date_gmt`. A wrong formatted `$post_date_gmt` leads to a
 `post_date` of `1970-01-01 00:00:00`.

 Just like `$post_date`it should throw an error to give a programmer the
 right hint for his malfunctioning code.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36738>
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