GH-359 - Add Now.instant().

spring-modulith-moments/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/moments/support/Moments.java

@@ -129,10 +129,7 @@ public class Moments implements Now {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public LocalDateTime now() {
-
-		Instant instant = clock.instant().plus(shift);
-
-		return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, properties.getZoneId());
+		return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant(), properties.getZoneId());
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -144,6 +141,15 @@ public class Moments implements Now {
 		return now().toLocalDate();
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.modulith.moments.support.Now#instant()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Instant instant() {
+		return clock.instant().plus(shift);
+	}
+
 	private void emitEventsFor(LocalDateTime time) {
 		events.publishEvent(HourHasPassed.of(time.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.HOURS)));
 	}

spring-modulith-moments/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/moments/support/Now.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.modulith.moments.support;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 
@@ -41,4 +42,11 @@ public interface Now {
 	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	LocalDate today();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current Instant.
+	 *
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	Instant instant();
 }

spring-modulith-moments/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/moments/support/MomentsUnitTests.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.Year;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.time.temporal.WeekFields;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -173,6 +174,15 @@ class MomentsUnitTests {
 		assertThat(before.plus(duration)).isCloseTo(after, within(200, ChronoUnit.MILLIS));
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-359
+	void returnsInstant() {
+
+		var instant = hourly.instant();
+		var now = hourly.now();
+
+		assertThat(LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, ZoneOffset.UTC)).isCloseTo(now, within(50, ChronoUnit.MILLIS));
+	}
+
 	private Duration getNumberOfDaysForThreeMonth(LocalDate date) {
 
 		int days = 0;