The parameterless now() factory methods of the key classes in the java.time package implicitly use the system clock in the default time-zone. In order to improve testability, there exists an overload now(Clock clock), which allows to inject a specified clock . Using this method, tests of date/time …

Hello @bduderstadt , Thanks for the idea. Sounds like a good candidate for a rule. I noted it on our side. Once we schedule the work on the specification of new rules for Java, we’ll add this one to the sprint too. Regards, Margarita

[Java] Inject a Clock via #now(Clock) to avoid implicit dependency on current time

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bduderstadt (Björn Duderstadt) May 22, 2022, 8:45pm 2

There is a similar rule suggestion for .NET: