WordPress wp_update_post not updating status correctly

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I am trying to programatically create and update a custom post type from an interface into WordPress.
I have the following code and everything works, except for the published / scheduled status: 

wp_update_post(
    array(
        'ID' => $id,
        'post_title' => $page_title,
        'post_excerpt' => $page_excerpt,
        'post_content' => $page_content,
        'edit_date' => true,
        'post_date' => $publish_date,
        'post_status' => ( strtotime( $publish_date ) > time( ) ? 'future' : 'publish' )
    )
);

When creating the post with wp_insert_post, this seems to set the status correctly (using the same logic as above), but when updating the date (and setting the status accordingly), the status never changes.

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e.g. if a post is created 6 months into the future, it is set to scheduled. If that post is updated with a post_date in the past, the date is updated, but the status is still set to scheduled.

I’ve read that you need to set edit_date to true for it to work, but I’ve tried that as above and still no luck.

Is there something I’m missing?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,

PhilHalf

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  1. You may give it a try (post_date_gmt added)

    $status = strtotime($publish_date) > strtotime('today') ? 'future' : 'publish';
wp_update_post(
    array(
        'ID' => $id,
        'post_title' => $page_title,
        'post_excerpt' => $page_excerpt,
        'post_content' => $page_content,
        'edit_date' => true,
        'post_date' => $publish_date,
        'post_status' => $status,
        'post_date_gmt' => gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($publish_date) )
    )
);

    Take a look at this answer.