Time_zone_select Acting Funky

Rails
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I am using time_zone_select for the first time:

<%= time_zone_select(‘user’, ‘default_timezone’) %>

I have an instance variable called user and that model has an attribute
called ‘default_timezone’.

The list displays and when I submit the form, I see it sends the data:

Parameters: {“user”=>{“auto_update_map”=>“1”,
“default_timezone”=>“London”},
“device”=>{“81”=>{“nickname”=>“BonzoHunter”}}, “Submit”=>“Save Changes”,
“action”=>“update_prefs”, “controller”=>“user”}

But, the UPDATE sets default_timezone to NULL:

UPDATE user_accounts SET “default_timezone” = NULL, “auto_update_map” =
1
WHERE id = 27

Huh? The other attribute I set, ‘auto_update_map’, works like a charm
and I
can see that the parameter was sent.

Simple code:

@user.default_timezone = params[:user][:default_timezone]
@user.auto_update_map = params[:user][:auto_update_map]
@user.save

So, what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks,
H