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package google.registry.util;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
import org.joda.time.DateTime;

/**
 * A clock that tells the current time in milliseconds or nanoseconds.
 *
 * <p>Clocks are technically serializable because they are either a stateless wrapper around the
 * system clock, or for testing, are just a wrapper around a DateTime. This means that if you
 * serialize a clock and deserialize it elsewhere, you won't necessarily get the same time or time
 * zone -- what you will get is a functioning clock.
 */
@ThreadSafe
public interface Clock extends Serializable {

  /** Returns current time in UTC timezone. */
  DateTime nowUtc();
}