[Feature]: Change java.util.Date to java.time.LocalDateTime in Clock API

[lubomsky]

🚀 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.

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[jhyot]

Definitely 100% support for this. Please don't use the very old and broken Date API, modern code should always use the java.time API.

[yury-s]

Thanks for the suggestion. We prototyped it (#1937) but decided not to expand the Clock API for this.

LocalDateTime has no time zone, so it's a poor fit for an absolute clock time — it'd force a hidden systemDefault() conversion. And the workaround is a one-liner today: page.clock().setSystemTime(Date.from(localDateTime.toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC))).

Closing as not planned.