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NameError: undefined method ‘parse’ for class ‘NilClass’ when doing Time.zone.parse

If you get following error when trying to parse time:

Time.zone.parse('2019-01-01 11:11:11')
Traceback (most recent call last):
16: from /bundler/friendly_errors.rb:124:in `with_friendly_errors'
15: from /bundle:30:in `block in <top (required)>'
14: from /bundler/cli.rb:18:in `start'
13: from /bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:466:in `start'
12: from /bundler/cli.rb:27:in `dispatch'
11: from /bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:387:in `dispatch'
10: from /bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
9: from /bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
8: from /bundler/cli.rb:465:in `exec'
7: from /bundler/cli/exec.rb:28:in `run'
6: from /bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `kernel_load'
5: from /bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `load'
4: from bin/irb:23:in `<top (required)>'
3: from bin/irb:23:in `load'
2: from lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/irb-1.0.0/exe/irb:11:in `<top (required)>'
1: from (irb):5
NoMethodError (undefined method `parse' for nil:NilClass)

it means you’ve forgotten to set the timezone:

Time.zone = 'UTC'

Also, keep in mind, that each time you spin up a new thread, it won’t have a timezone defined (outside of Rails):

Time.zone = 'UTC'
Time.zone.parse('2019-01-01 11:11:11') # works
Thread.abort_on_exception = true
# fails
Thread.new do
Time.zone.parse('2019-01-01 11:11:11')
end
# NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for nil:NilClass

In order to fix that, you need to set the time zone in each of your newly created threads:

Time.zone = 'UTC'
Time.zone.parse('2019-01-01 11:11:11') # works
Thread.abort_on_exception = true
# works
Thread.new do
Time.zone = 'UTC'
Time.zone.parse('2019-01-01 11:11:11')
end

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