[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40653: Use PHP `DateTime` class API in `current_time()`

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#40653: Use PHP `DateTime` class API in `current_time()`
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 Reporter:  jdgrimes                    |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time                   |     Version:  1.0
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Rarst):

 By now I believe we need to be deprecating this function. Some minimal
 effort to patch up the most wrong cases is in order, but it's just one of
 the worst pieces of WP’s old offset-centric time zone design. The function
 just does too much and most of it in a wrong way.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40653#comment:8>
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