[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53294: Adding filter hook to current_time() function

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#53294: Adding filter hook to current_time() function
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 Reporter:  wpvar        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time    |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by Rarst):

 I think we need a carefully consider deprecation pass for much of old
 Date/Time bits, just been busy with other things. :) Will get to it
 eventually.

 My concern is that dragging localization into computation layer is
 unpredictable and harmful. There is no flexibility to concept of "current
 time as reported by PHP" (other than legacy WP timestamp silliness, sigh)
 and I don't think it should be introduced or enabled.

 I do think that users should be able to localize time display to whatever
 system they would like!

 But underlying computation is inherently constrained by PHP language and
 that's not something to mess with for presentation purposes. The damage
 that WP caused when it corrupted PHP mechanics by introducing offset
 timestamps took many years to mitigate and remainders will be around
 forever.

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