[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39025: Date on draft post not changing to current time when draft is published

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#39025: Date on draft post not changing to current time when draft is published
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 Reporter:  carina.pilar       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:  4.6.1
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                     |
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 An user reported an intermittent issue where if they edit a draft that's
 been saved for a few days and then publish it, the date remains the same
 as the post's creation date.

 This situation is happening on the 2 cases described below:

 1 - When you quick edit the post on WP-Admin and change the post's Status
 to Published, the date when the draft was created is kept as the Published
 Date.

 2 - When you create a post, make changes on the mobile app (iOs on this
 case) and then open the post on WP-Admin to publish, it also set the
 Published Date to when the draft was created. (this was reported on the
 ticket 2927271)

 I was able to replicate these 2 situations on my test site. Other
 situations I tested, on Calypso, it worked as expected, once you publish
 on Calypso it changes the publishing date. Also works if you create the
 post on WP-Admin, save as a draft and publish later, it saves the correct
 publishing date.

 Original trac on GitHub: https://github.com/Automattic/beep-beep-
 boop/issues/311

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