[wp-xmlrpc] WP 2.2.1 breaks Ruby 1.8.2

[Daniel Jalkut]

On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

>> If this reversion of behavior is done, it's only fair that it  
>> reverts all the way to pre2.2 behavior, where the date was sent in  
>> the time zone of the *blog* and not GMT.
>
> Not sure why you would push for such a change.
>
> Do we agree that with such behavior, the user will need to  
> explicitly configure his client with the time zone of his blog?
>
> It seems like a terrible idea to introduce such configuration step.

I'm not pushing for a change - I'm pushing (sort of) for "the way  
things used to be." If we're going to make the effort of reverting  
back to a "non-breaking" behavior, then I propose we go all the way  
back to pre2.2 (a behavior that will match the functionality for many  
people who have yet to upgrade to 2.2 and are doing so gradually over  
time).

Of course the current "Z" behavior is working fine for me so I'm also  
happy with sticking it out, but if we're going to selectively revert  
changes then I suggest it's not fair that WordPress changes now to fix  
PHP but to break MarsEdit (and possibly other clients).

The timeline here:

Pre2.2: Everything was "fine" for some definition of "fine." Probably  
things should be evolved but slowly and in a way that clients can  
adapt to.

2.2: Times switched to implicit GMT, throwing off the time  
expectations of MarsEdit (and probably other clients).

2.2.1: Times switched to explicit GMT, throwing off the parsers in  
Ruby (and probably other clients).

While you seem to be suggesting that the solution is to go back to  
2.2, I'm suggesting the solution is either to go back to Pre2.2, or  
come up with a more ingenious solution.

Daniel

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