I created a simple script to illustration my issue.

echo "date(): " . date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); echo "

"; echo "gmdate(): " . gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s"); echo "



"; include_once('../public_html/peopleofpublictransit.com/wp-load.php'); echo "date(): " . date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); echo "

"; echo "gmdate(): " . gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s");

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Output

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date(): 2010-06-22 15:54:01

gmdate(): 2010-06-22 20:54:01

date(): 2010-06-22 20:54:02

gmdate(): 2010-06-22 20:54:02

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/Output

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Notice that date() and gmdate() will be equal after I include wp-load.php.

This was not true before 3.0