1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railtie.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railtie.rb
index bc06333f1c..d5ec776b34 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railtie.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railtie.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
     require "active_record/railties/subscriber"
     subscriber ActiveRecord::Railties::Subscriber.new
 
+    initializer "active_record.initialize_timezone" do
+      ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true
+      ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = :utc
+    end
+
     initializer "active_record.set_configs" do |app|
       app.config.active_record.each do |k,v|
         ActiveRecord::Base.send "#{k}=", v
@@ -31,11 +36,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
     end
 
-    initializer "active_record.initialize_timezone" do
-      ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true
-      ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = :utc
-    end
-
     # Expose database runtime to controller for logging.
     initializer "active_record.log_runtime" do |app|
       require "active_record/railties/controller_runtime"