Fix: Incorrect post status if user is before site time-zone

Author: karthikeya-io

src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js

@@ -434,7 +434,14 @@ window.wp = window.wp || {};
 		post_date_string += ' ' + $(':input[name="hh"]').val() + ':' + $(':input[name="mn"]').val() + ':' + $(':input[name="ss"]').val();
 		var post_date = new Date( post_date_string );
 		status = $('._status', rowData).text();
-		if ( 'future' !== status && Date.now() > post_date ) {
+		// Convert browser Date into site timezone before comparing.
+		var browserDate = new Date();
+		var browserOffset = browserDate.getTimezoneOffset();
+		var siteOffset = (window.inlineEditPostConfig && inlineEditPostConfig.siteTzOffset)
+			? parseInt(inlineEditPostConfig.siteTzOffset, 10)
+			: browserOffset;
+		var siteDate = new Date( browserDate.getTime() + (browserOffset - siteOffset) * 60000 );
+		if ( 'future' !== status && siteDate > post_date ) {
 			$('select[name="_status"] option[value="future"]', editRow).remove();
 		} else {
 			$('select[name="_status"] option[value="publish"]', editRow).remove();

src/wp-admin/edit.php

@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@
 $wp_list_table->prepare_items();
 
 wp_enqueue_script( 'inline-edit-post' );
+wp_localize_script(
+	'inline-edit-post',
+	'inlineEditPostConfig',
+	array(
+		// get the site offset and convert to minutes.
+		'siteTzOffset' => (int) ( - get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * 60 ),
+	)
+);
 wp_enqueue_script( 'heartbeat' );
 
 if ( 'wp_block' === $post_type ) {