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[Feature]: Change java.util.Date to java.time.LocalDateTime in Clock API #1686
Description
🚀 Feature Request
Implementing code using Clock is not as pleasant as it could be.
Example
Now, I have to write something like this:
Instant instant = Instant.now().plus(10, ChronoUnit.MINUTES);
Date date = Date.from(instant);
page.clock().setSystemTime(date)But I would like to write just like this:
page.clock().setSystemTime(LocalDateTime.now().plusMinutes(10))Motivation
To use more modern and more convenient java.
Activity
jhyot commentedon Nov 28, 2024
Definitely 100% support for this. Please don't use the very old and broken
DateAPI, modern code should always use thejava.timeAPI.feat(clock): add java.time.Instant overloads to the Clock API
yury-s commentedon Jun 19, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion. We prototyped it (#1937) but decided not to expand the Clock API for this.
LocalDateTimehas no time zone, so it's a poor fit for an absolute clock time — it'd force a hiddensystemDefault()conversion. And the workaround is a one-liner today:page.clock().setSystemTime(Date.from(localDateTime.toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC))).Closing as not planned.