Time doesn't need to be converted from string to time anymore

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
index 15fb4f5f9..903ff648d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ApiController < ApplicationController
 
         direction = json["direction"]
         body = json["body"]
-        sent_at_str = json["sent_at"]
+        sent_at = json["sent_at"]
 
         errors = []
 
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ class ApiController < ApplicationController
             errors << "The 'body' is empty"
         end
 
-        begin
-            sent_at = Time.iso8601(sent_at_str)
-        rescue ArgumentError
-            errors << "Failed to parse 'sent_at' field as ISO8601 time: #{sent_at_str}"
-        end
-
         if direction == "request" && !attachments.nil?
             errors << "You cannot attach files to messages in the 'request' direction"
         end