Future should be set to false in the default config

features/create_sites.feature

@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ Feature: Create sites
     And I should see "Basic Site with include tag: Generated by Jekyll" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Basic site with internal post linking
-    Given I have an "index.html" page that contains "URL: {% post_url 2020-01-31-entry2 %}"
+    Given I have an "index.html" page that contains "URL: {% post_url 2008-01-01-entry2 %}"
     And I have a configuration file with "permalink" set to "pretty"
     And I have a _posts directory
     And I have the following posts:
       | title  | date       | layout | content             |
       | entry1 | 2007-12-31 | post   | content for entry1. |
-      | entry2 | 2020-01-31 | post   | content for entry2. |
+      | entry2 | 2008-01-01 | post   | content for entry2. |
     When I run jekyll build
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "URL: /2020/01/31/entry2/" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "URL: /2008/01/01/entry2/" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Basic site with whitelisted dotfile
     Given I have an ".htaccess" file that contains "SomeDirective"
@@ -156,3 +156,15 @@ Feature: Create sites
     And the "_site/index.html" file should exist
     And the "_site/public.html" file should exist
     And the "_site/secret.html" file should exist
+
+  Scenario: Basic site with page with future date
+    Given I have a _posts directory
+    And I have the following post:
+      | title  | date       | layout | content             |
+      | entry1 | 2020-12-31 | post   | content for entry1. |
+    When I run jekyll build
+    Then the _site directory should not exist
+
+    When I run jekyll build --future
+    Then the _site directory should exist
+    And the "_site/2020/12/31/entry1.html" file should exist

lib/jekyll/configuration.rb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Jekyll
       # Filtering Content
       'show_drafts'   => nil,
       'limit_posts'   => 0,
-      'future'        => true,           # remove and make true just default
+      'future'        => false,
       'unpublished'   => false,
 
       # Plugins

site/_docs/configuration.md

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ markdown_ext: "markdown,mkdown,mkdn,mkd,md"
 # Filtering Content
 show_drafts: null
 limit_posts: 0
-future:      true
+future:      false
 unpublished: false
 
 # Plugins