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It’s running :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

I must admit, chatgpt helped me out. Needed to replace:

def parse_timestamp(timestamp)
  Time.zone.at(@tz.utc_to_local(timestamp))
end

which is right at the bottom of the importer script

with:

def parse_timestamp(timestamp)
  return nil if timestamp.nil? || timestamp.to_i == 0

  # Convert integer → Time → Apply timezone → Convert to Rails Time.zone
  utc_time = Time.at(timestamp.to_i).utc
  local_time = @tz.utc_to_local(utc_time)
  Time.zone.at(local_time)
end

…it’s chugging through the topics now, but I can see things appearing on the site. I will report back to (hopefully) say it’s a success afterwards. If it is, I might make another topic on here with a guide of what I did to get it all working.