From 1c66cf519b7b91bfa64b0e6b1470c044f40dcdb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Biryukov <sergeybiryukov@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:11:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Date/Time: Introduce `current_datetime()` for better time
 operations.

Returning a `DateTimeImmutable` representation of the current moment in time, this allows for a more flexible and reliable use than `current_time()` provides.

Props Rarst.
Fixes #47464.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@45883 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php |  2 +-
 src/wp-includes/functions.php       | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index d45f1e2477..8e2469fb80 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_posts( $args ) {
 		echo '<ul>';
 
 		$today    = current_time( 'Y-m-d' );
-		$tomorrow = gmdate( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( '+1 day', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) );
+		$tomorrow = current_datetime()->modify( '+1 day' )->format( 'Y-m-d' );
 		$year     = current_time( 'Y' );
 
 		while ( $posts->have_posts() ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 3415f3f854..9c8fc5d998 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ function current_time( $type, $gmt = 0 ) {
 	return $datetime->format( $type );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieves the current time as an object with the timezone from settings.
+ *
+ * @since 5.3.0
+ *
+ * @return DateTimeImmutable Date and time object.
+ */
+function current_datetime() {
+	return new DateTimeImmutable( 'now', wp_timezone() );
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieves the timezone from current settings as a string.
  *