diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index fce021ffba..63a71d9a1e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ function wp_insert_post( $postarr, $wp_error = false ) {
 	}
 
 	if ( empty( $postarr['post_date_gmt'] ) || '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $postarr['post_date_gmt'] ) {
-		if ( ! in_array( $post_status, array( 'draft', 'pending', 'auto-draft' ) ) ) {
+		if ( ! in_array( $post_status, get_post_stati( array( 'date_floating' => true ) ), true ) ) {
 			$post_date_gmt = get_gmt_from_date( $post_date );
 		} else {
 			$post_date_gmt = '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 14b669182e..c1472109c0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-46278';
+$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-46279';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.