1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 457eef648c..5e68c05d7c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -207,18 +207,16 @@ module Rails
     # Sets the default value for Time.zone
     # If assigned value cannot be matched to a TimeZone, an exception will be raised.
     initializer :initialize_time_zone do
-      if config.time_zone
-        require 'active_support/core_ext/time/zones'
-        zone_default = Time.__send__(:get_zone, config.time_zone)
-
-        unless zone_default
-          raise \
-            'Value assigned to config.time_zone not recognized.' +
-            'Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding appropriate time zone names.'
-        end
+      require 'active_support/core_ext/time/zones'
+      zone_default = Time.__send__(:get_zone, config.time_zone)
 
-        Time.zone_default = zone_default
+      unless zone_default
+        raise \
+          'Value assigned to config.time_zone not recognized.' +
+          'Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding appropriate time zone names.'
       end
+
+      Time.zone_default = zone_default
     end
 
     # Set the i18n configuration from config.i18n but special-case for the load_path which should be