[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39953: REST API: Add `date_floating` flag for posts

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#39953: REST API: Add `date_floating` flag for posts
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 Reporter:  jnylen0                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API                      |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Comment (by earnjam):

 This just came up in Gutenberg because we can't reliably tell if a draft
 post has a date set or not to know what to display in the publish panel as
 the date.

 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/7195

 One option is to allow the `date_gmt` value be `null` in the `edit`
 context. Not necessarily ideal, but it continues the pattern used by the
 classic editor.

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