WordPress 6.2 release date updated: March 29, 2023

The WordPress 6.2 release was due today, March 28, 2023. However, a regression with date formats has been spotted during the 24-hour freeze. Release leads have agreed to revert the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that introduced the regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5., which will require another Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). version, restarting the 24-hour freeze timer, and a new release date on March 29th.

Ensuring the newest version of WordPress meets the best quality standards and doesn’t introduce a regression that can impact many popular business-oriented plugins is essential.

WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 5 has been shipped, reverting the following changeset:

• Date/Time: Prevent errors in current_time() when using timestamp and no value for gmt_offset.

Following this RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). release, the 24-hour code freeze timer has been restarted, and the current target release date is 2023-03-29 at 17:00 UTC.

Props to @cbringmann, @costdev,@davidbaumwald, and @hellofromtonya for peer-reviewing this post.

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