[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39854: REST API: Add gmt_offset to base /wp-json response

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#39854: REST API: Add gmt_offset to base /wp-json response
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 Reporter:  jnylen0      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  4.8
Component:  REST API     |    Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  rest-api     |
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 API clients often have a need to retrieve information about the current
 site.  This doesn't fit into the `wp/v2/settings` endpoint for a couple of
 reasons:

 - That endpoint requires administrative privileges (`current_user_can(
 'manage_options' )`).  See also #38731.
 - We decided not to implement finer-grained permissions on the settings
 endpoint, as a read-only piece of information isn't a read/write
 "setting".  See also ticket:38490#comment:10.

 The most immediately obvious piece of information to add is `gmt_offset`.
 This is a crucial piece of information for any clients that need to
 manipulate datetimes returned via the API, but it's not currently
 available anywhere.  See also ticket:38342#comment:48 for the specific
 case of Quick Draft inside wp-admin.

 I expect we will need to enhance the base `/wp-json` response to accept a
 `?context=edit` or similar parameter - so let's use this ticket for both
 the approach to `/wp-json` and the addition of the `gmt_offset` field
 specifically.

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