[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38883: Shim post_date_gmt for drafts / empty dates in the REST API

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#38883: Shim post_date_gmt for drafts / empty dates in the REST API
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 Reporter:  joehoyle                  |       Owner:  rmccue
     Type:  defect (bug)              |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-unit-tests has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by danielbachhuber):

 Replying to [comment:9 jnylen0]:
 > I don't know what would be a good way to make that request, but "set
 this other field unrelated to the task at hand to a special magic value"
 is not the sane way to do it.
 >
 > I know this is the way WP currently works.  I think we should work
 around it in the API because storing dates in UTC is the only way to write
 provably correct datetime-handling code, and losing the ability to do that
 isn't worth it.

 How do APIs for other publishing platforms handle this particular use
 case?

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