diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
index e7d4496b88..db06072c4a 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
@@ -449,6 +449,13 @@ window.wp = window.wp || {};
 		};
 
 		fields = $('#edit-'+id).find(':input').serialize();
+
+		var status = $(':input[name="_status"]').val();
+
+		if ( [ 'draft', 'pending', 'auto-draft' ].includes( status ) ) {
+			params.edit_date = 'false';
+		}
+
 		params = fields + '&' + $.param(params);
 
 		// Make Ajax request.
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index 70f792f5f1..4036b2bbce 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ function _wp_translate_postdata( $update = false, $post_data = null ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ( isset( $post_data['edit_date'] ) && 'false' === $post_data['edit_date'] ) {
+		$post_data['edit_date'] = false;
+	}
+
 	if ( ! empty( $post_data['edit_date'] ) ) {
 		$aa = $post_data['aa'];
 		$mm = $post_data['mm'];
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxInlineSave.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxInlineSave.php
index ad03e8eb00..3537def1dc 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxInlineSave.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxInlineSave.php
@@ -87,4 +87,59 @@ class Tests_Ajax_wpAjaxInlineSave extends WP_Ajax_UnitTestCase {
 		$post_terms_2 = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, 'wptests_tax_2' );
 		$this->assertSameSets( array( $t2 ), wp_list_pluck( $post_terms_2, 'term_id' ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * When updating a draft in quick edit mode, it should not set the publish date of the post when this one will be published.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 19907
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::edit_post
+	 */
+	public function test_quick_edit_draft_should_not_set_publish_date() {
+		// Become an administrator.
+		$this->_setRole( 'administrator' );
+
+		$user = get_current_user_id();
+
+		$post = self::factory()->post->create_and_get(
+			array(
+				'post_status' => 'draft',
+				'post_author' => $user,
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'draft', $post->post_status );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( '0000-00-00 00:00:00', $post->post_date_gmt );
+
+		// Set up a request.
+		$_POST['_inline_edit'] = wp_create_nonce( 'inlineeditnonce' );
+		$_POST['post_ID']      = $post->ID;
+		$_POST['post_type']    = 'post';
+		$_POST['content']      = 'content test';
+		$_POST['excerpt']      = 'excerpt test';
+		$_POST['_status']      = $post->post_status;
+		$_POST['post_status']  = $post->post_status;
+		$_POST['post_author']  = $user;
+		$_POST['screen']       = 'edit-post';
+		$_POST['post_view']    = 'list';
+		$_POST['edit_date']    = 'false';
+		$_POST['mm']           = '09';
+		$_POST['jj']           = 11;
+		$_POST['aa']           = 2020;
+		$_POST['hh']           = 19;
+		$_POST['mn']           = 20;
+		$_POST['ss']           = 11;
+
+		// Make the request.
+		try {
+			$this->_handleAjax( 'inline-save' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieContinueException $e ) {
+			unset( $e );
+		}
+
+		$post = get_post( $post->ID );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( '0000-00-00 00:00:00', $post->post_date_gmt );
+	}
 }