[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3962: WordPress should be blog time "location" aware

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#3962: WordPress should be blog time "location" aware
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 Reporter:  iacas    |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal   |    Milestone:  2.6      
Component:  General  |      Version:  2.1.2    
 Severity:  normal   |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:           |  
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Changes (by lloydbudd):

  * component:  XML-RPC => General
  * summary:  XML-RPC Incorrectly Handles New Daylight Savings Time =>
              WordPress should be blog time "location" aware

Old description:

> This problem is twofold, I believe. A little more information is
> here:[[BR]]
> http://nslog.com/2007/03/12/wordpress_212_and_daylight_savings [[BR]]
>
> '''Problem 1: Posting'''[[BR]]
> When posting content via an XML-RPC client, WordPress subtracts one hour
> from the time. Running "date" on the command line or via PHP's "date()"
> function returns the correct time. Setting the time in the WordPress (wp-
> admin) web interface does not "subtract" an hour.[[BR]]
>
> '''Problem 2: Viewing'''[[BR]]
> Despite the server returning the correct time via "date" on the CLI or
> via PHP's "date()", articles set to publish at 10:00 will not appear
> until 11:00.

New description:

 WordPress should be blog time "location" aware

 WordPress does not do daylight savings time (DST)

 WordPress respecting and adjusting to a blog's "location" is a regularly
 reported and frustrating issue. People forget about UTC offset as it is
 unfamilar in their other computing experiences.


 Original report:

 XML-RPC Incorrectly Handles New Daylight Savings Time


 This problem is twofold, I believe. A little more information is
 here:[[BR]]
 http://nslog.com/2007/03/12/wordpress_212_and_daylight_savings [[BR]]

 '''Problem 1: Posting'''[[BR]]
 When posting content via an XML-RPC client, WordPress subtracts one hour
 from the time. Running "date" on the command line or via PHP's "date()"
 function returns the correct time. Setting the time in the WordPress (wp-
 admin) web interface does not "subtract" an hour.[[BR]]

 '''Problem 2: Viewing'''[[BR]]
 Despite the server returning the correct time via "date" on the CLI or via
 PHP's "date()", articles set to publish at 10:00 will not appear until
 11:00.

Comment:

 Re-opening and setting for consideration in a future release (PHP5?)

 The more basic issue of WordPress respecting and adjusting to a blog's
 "location" is a regularly reported and frustrating issue. People forget
 about UTC offset as it is unfamilar in their other computing experiences.

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