```ruby
module HumanDate
  class Parser
    def initialize
      Chronic.time_class = Time.zone
    end
    
    def parse(text)
      return nil if text.nil?

      _text = text.strip
      return "" if _text.blank?
      
      _text = remove_weekdays(_text)
      _text = _text.gsub(/^(\d+{1,4})-(\d+{1,2})-(\d+{1,4})/, '\1/\2/\3')

      Chronic.parse _text
    end
    
    protected
    
    def remove_weekdays(text)
      _text = text
      (Date::DAYNAMES + Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES).each do |day|
        _text = _text.gsub(/^#{day},/, "")
      end
      _text
    end
  end
end
```

Remove broken Chronic.time_class = Time.zone
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```ruby
module HumanDate
  class Parser
    def initialize
      # Chronic.time_class = Time.zone
    end
    
    def parse(text)
      return nil if text.nil?

      _text = text.strip
      return "" if _text.blank?
      
      _text = remove_weekdays(_text)
      _text = _text.gsub(/^(\d+{1,4})-(\d+{1,2})-(\d+{1,4})/, '\1/\2/\3')

      Chronic.parse _text
    end
    
    protected
    
    def remove_weekdays(text)
      _text = text
      (Date::DAYNAMES + Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES).each do |day|
        _text = _text.gsub(/^#{day},/, "")
      end
      _text
    end
  end
end
```
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