[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48936: Remove mysql2date() usage from core

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#48936: Remove mysql2date() usage from core
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 Reporter:  Rarst                         |       Owner:  pbearne
     Type:  enhancement                   |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by sukhendu2002):

 I think we can use wp_date() for most cases. It handles timezones
 properly.

 For displaying dates to users, we'd do something like:
 {{{#!php
 $datetime = date_create($date_string, wp_timezone());
 wp_date($format, $datetime->getTimestamp());
 }}}


 For UTC time outputs (like in feeds), gmdate() works well:

 {{{#!php
 $timestamp = strtotime($date_string);
 gmdate($format, $timestamp);
 }}}

 For comparing dates, it's cleaner to just create DateTime objects and
 compare them directly rather than converting to timestamps.

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