Time Zone problem

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  theviewfromadrawbridge · Member · Mar 23, 2017 at 1:08 am

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  Ever since the most recent time change, my scheduled posts don’t pop up at the right time. I’ve had my time zone set as Los Angeles for forever, and when I try to post, it says that the time zone I’ve chosen is an hour before my ‘actual’ time zone. Not true! But the posts always pop up an hour early. This never used to happen. How do I change my ‘actual’ time zone, and why isn’t that linked to the scheduling time zone?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 23, 2017 at 2:34 am

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  Do you think this could be a daylight savings time issue?

  Daylight saving time dates for USA – California – Los Angeles

  If not and you are sure your timezone is correctly set on this page
  http://theviewfromadrawbridge.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 23, 2017 at 2:36 am

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  Do remember that scheduled posts do not publish until the first visitor to the site after the date and time scheduled clicks in and triggers publication of the post.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/schedule-a-post/#troubleshooting-scheduled-posts

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 23, 2017 at 9:47 am

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  Hi there,

  I checked your timezone settings and your site is currently in daylight savings time — which is correct.

  But the posts always pop up an hour early.

  So if you schedule a post for 14:00 on a certain day it publishes at 13:00, is that correct?

  when I try to post, it says that the time zone I’ve chosen is an hour before my ‘actual’ time zone

  Can you send me the exact steps you took when you saw this message? I’ll see if I can replicate the problem.

  Thanks!

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  theviewfromadrawbridge · Member · Mar 23, 2017 at 11:10 pm

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  Hi! Thanks. I’ve been trying to post things at midnight, and they’re popping up at 11 pm instead. I see that message when I’m scheduling a post. I put, for example, 12:01 am on 3/27/17, and it informs me that the time zone I’ve chosen is an hour before my actual time zone. I’ve set the time zone for Los Angeles, and I live in Seattle, which is in the same time zone… This has never happened before. I’ve had this blog since 2012, through several time changes, with no problem.

  Barb Abelhauser

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 24, 2017 at 5:05 pm

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  Hi Barb,

  Thanks for the extra information. We’re looking into what might be causing this and I’ll let you know when I have an update.

  Speak soon!

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  gemmacevans · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 3:54 pm

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  Hi Barb,

  I’ve spoken to our developers and they haven’t been able to reproduce the issue. Are you still having problems with scheduling?

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  theviewfromadrawbridge · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 8:10 pm

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  Thanks. It seems to have resolved itself somehow. Thanks for your attention in this matter.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Apr 6, 2017 at 8:16 am

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  Great, I’m glad to hear that :)