Index: wp-settings.php
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--- wp-settings.php	(revision 2610)
+++ wp-settings.php	(working copy)
@@ -567,7 +567,12 @@
 		mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialize timezone. See #9588 and #8662.
+ */
+wp_timezone_override_offset();
 
+
 if ( defined('WP_CACHE') && function_exists('wp_cache_postload') )
 	wp_cache_postload();