timezone for publish date in blog post create?

Question

for the $core_v2_blogpost.create call, there is a parameter called PublishDate which take in a DateTime format. As we didn't give it the time zone, what's the default timezone that the api considering, is it server time? 
 Because right now there is a issue with time conversion, when I publish I try to put the publish date as in server time. But for some reason the publish date showing in the blogpost object after creation is the user time. Does this behavior expected or I missed something in the code may cause this issue?

Steven Heffner · Accepted Answer

PublishedDate should be specified in user time. The date is parsed internally as user time and then converted to UTC for storage. When retreiving, the PublishedDate property on the object will be returned in current user time. 
 Also note that if not specified, PublishedDate will default to the current time. 
 You can use the core_v2_Utility.ParseDate methods to assist in generating a date to send.

timezone for publish date in blog post create?

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