Question

Trying to set the created_at date manually:

entry = Entry.new
entry.text = tweet['text']
entry.source = 'tweet'
entry.user_id = user.id
entry.latitude = coords[1]
entry.longitude = coords[0]
entry.created_at = Chromium(tweet.created_at)

Getting the following error:

 undefined method `created_at' for #<Hash:0x1036af910>

How can I avoid this? I would like to keep created_at’s default functionality as not all entries are entered in this way.

Answer 1

Your problem isn’t with the created_at method of the ActiveRecord object.
I think what’s spitting the error here is actually the created_at method being called on your tweet object.

See above – you use

entry.text = tweet['text']

(tweet is a hash)… but then

entry.created_at = Chromium(tweet.created_at)

complains that the Hash doesn’t have a method called created_at

 undefined method `created_at' for #<Hash:0x1036af910>