[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39954: REST API: Improve date updates if both `date` and `date_gmt` are set

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#39954: REST API: Improve date updates if both `date` and `date_gmt` are set
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 Reporter:  jnylen0      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API     |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jnylen0):

 Replying to [comment:6 mnelson4]:
 > Or maybe the dates should just always be in the site's timezone,
 regardless of the author's local time?

 For ~~better or~~ worse, this is the way WP handles dates. Really we
 should just store UTC with the appropriate offset(s), but it's too late
 for that.

 Still, I'm not really opposed to allowing clients to set both `date` and
 `date_gmt`, under the assumption that if they want to do that, they know
 what they are doing.  As you mentioned, this does provide a way to store
 the timezone offset of a post.

 @rmccue what do you think?

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