Access current time from command (context)

[mikaelstaldal]

Is it possible to access current time from a Clikt command (or its context) in a way which can be mocked when testing the command?

I can do System.currentTimeMillis() or Instant.now() (at least on JVM), but then it cannot be mocked in tests.

[JakeWharton]

As of Kotlin 2.2 you can add a kotlin.time.Clock constructor parameter with a default value of Clock.System. If you are on an older version of Kotlin the kotlinx.datetime library can provide the same API.

[mikaelstaldal]

Does that work the same way as java.time.Clock (on JVM)?

[JakeWharton]

Yep!