[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43802: Default timezone for new sites in WP multisite

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#43802: Default timezone for new sites in WP multisite
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 Reporter:  moreauf                    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request            |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                     |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N                       |    Version:  4.9.5
 Severity:  normal                     |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration, multisite  |
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 In WordPress Multisite, the super admin may set a default language for all
 newly created sites but not a default timezone. As a matter of fact, the
 timezone for new sites is taken from translation string "0" (context
 string "default GMT offset or timezone string").
 [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/176a28905041fd79c439946a4ba290a87db5991f
 /wp-admin/includes/schema.php#L402 Relevant code]

 Unfortunately, language is not location. It's entirely possible for a
 community using WordPress multisite to use a language while not being
 physically based in the usual timezone for said language. Furthermore,
 many language are spread all over the world.

 For that reason I think it would be more correct to decouple default
 timezone from translation files and add a "default timezone for new sites"
 setting for multisite installations.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43802>
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