Daylight Saving Time in WordPress 2.8
July 17th, 2009
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Starting from version 2.8, WordPress is capable of adjusting for daylight saving time automatically. In order for WordPress to do this, you have to choose a nearest city in the WordPress timezone setting. Go to “Dashboard -> Settings -> General”. Choose the city that is closest to you in the “Timezone” drop-down menu. In my case, I chose “Los Angeles” since I’m located in California.

Figure 1. If you choose a city from Timezone drop-down menu, WordPress will automatically adjust for daylight saving time.
One thing to note is that you have to choose a city from the drop-down menu. If you choose a “Manual Offset” timezone, say, “UTC -8:00”, WordPress would not be able to adjust for daylight saving time automatically, as shown in the following figure:

Figure 2. If you choose a “Manual Offset” timezone, WordPress will NOT automatically adjust for daylight saving time.