Rails Timestamps UTC vs
<p>I'm getting a failing rpsec test and it seems like it's a difference between the system clock and how Rails evaluates the time.</p>

<p>```</p>

<pre><code>expected: 2015-01-01 15:00:00.000000000 -0800
got: 2015-01-01 15:00:00.000000000 +0000

(compared using ==)

Diff:
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-2015-01-01 15:00:00 -0800
+2015-01-01 15:00:00 UTC
</code></pre>

<p>```</p>

<p>For some reason <code>Time.parse('01/01/2015 3:00pm')</code> coerces the string into the timezone on the system clock.  But the code is under test is outputting in UTC. </p>

<p>Does anyone know why or where this happens?</p>