Timezone Option Terminology Improvement

[GrantDerepas]

It always confused me why the timezone option in General settings sais:

Choose a city in the same timezone as you.

For a long time I didn't even know there was a list of cities in the options dropdown as it defaults to UTC+0 and I would simply scroll from there to UTC+8 (my local timezone).

Even after discovering there is a list of cities in the dropdown I don't think it makes sense for the tooltip to not make mention that there's two possible methods to fill this field (city or timezone).

I'd propose changing the following line in wp-admin/options-general.php

<p class="description" id="timezone-description"><?php _e( 'Choose a city in the same timezone as you.' ); ?></p>

to something like:

<p class="description" id="timezone-description"><?php _e( 'Choose a timezone or a city in the same timezone as you.' ); ?></p>

[andrew.p]

Small description change in the timezone options

[andrew.p]

I also agree that the description is a bit misleading, as the dropdown contains both cities and timezone offsets.

I attach a patch with an improved description text:
Choose a city in the same timezone as you or a UTC timezone offset.

[joedolson]

This seems like a good change. It's a minor accessibility issue, but could have an impact for people with cognitive impairments. On the whole, the timezone selector could use a major overhaul - but that should probably be a different issue to address later.

Accessibility team votes yes. :)

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #10660, #18146, #36591.

[afercia]

Patch didn't applied cleanly for me, refreshed.

[johnbillion]

That phrase isn't very good English.

Choose a city in the same timezone as you or a UTC timezone offset.

This implies two choices:

1. Choose a city in the same timezone as you.
2. Choose a city in the same timezone as a UTC timezone offset.

The phrase needs either a comma before or, or it needs the word either after Choose. My preference is for the latter.

[afercia]

Either sounds better to me :) Also would make things more clear for translators.

[afercia]

Refreshed patch adding either.

[afercia]

In 38483:

Text Changes: Improve the timezone setting description in General Settings.

Makes more clear users can set either a city or a UTC timezone offset.

Props GrantDerepas, andrew.p.
Fixes #34789.