# Re: DateTime.parse error on win32 (long timezone names)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97237>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97237 "2006-07-05T21:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97237/1 "2006-07-05T21:07:16Z")

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> This is a critical issue for me because it is causing crashes in a  
> production Rails application during XML serialization in  
> ActionWebService.

This is a well known bug. Please see  
[Dealing with TZ parsing (on Windows) - Testing 1,2,3... — LiveJournal](http://djberg96.livejournal.com/75544.html) for the easiest way to “fix”  
this (and other details).

Regards,

Dan

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