Newsletter Queue doesn't set to local time

[Ctucker9233]

When queuing a newletter, the queue start time does not match local time. If I want to send out a newsletter immediately, it results in a status of "not sent" because the time gets shifted back about 7 hours.

Preconditions

1. Magento 2.1
2. PHP 5.6.22

Steps to reproduce

1. Create newsletter template
2. Queue newsletter template
3. Set Queue start to send today, adjust time forward an hour or two, for example, 11:19 am (my local time at the point of writing this is 10:19 AM PST)
4. Click Save Newsletter

Expected result

1. Newsletter is queued to send at 11:19 AM 8/2/16

Actual result

1. Newsletter is queued to send at 4:19 PM 8/1/16
2. Results in the newsletter never being sent

I need to be able to reliably send newsletters any time I want. I don't always have time to queue up a newsletter the day before I have to send it. I appreciate any help on this issue.

Same issue here with Magento 2.1 CE. The only difference is the time that gets saved is 3 hours behind when I set it to be.

[duhon]

@Ctucker9233 Thanks for reporting this issue.
We've created internal ticket MAGETWO-56349 to fix it.

[Ctucker9233]

@duhon Thank you. Is it too early to ask the timeline for when this might be fixed?

[Ctucker9233]

@duhon Any update on this issue?

[Ctucker9233]

@veloraven @duhon Any updates on progress?

[Ctucker9233]

@veloraven @duhon @magento-team Any updates on this issue? Would like to know when a fix is estimated.

[Ctucker9233]

@veloraven @magento-admin @magento-team Please, any news on this issue?

[Ctucker9233]

@veloraven modifying my php.ini file with date.timezone = "America/Los Angeles" helps some but I still have a two hour discrepancy.

[Ctucker9233]

@veloraven with the help of my hosting company, I think I've traced it to app/bootstrap.ini date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
This issue has appeared before. See #3028.
I understand the reasoning for keeping it UTC.
In framework/stdlib/DateTime/DateTime.php it looks like it is supposed to create an offset from UTC so that the users local time is displayed in the newsletter queue. It would appear that that is what is not working. @magento-team Please have a look at this.