}

    /**
     * Returns the elapsed time since clock initialization.
     * This is a convenience method equivalent to {@code get().elapsedTime()}.
     *
     * @return the duration since clock initialization
     */
    public static Duration elapsed() {
        return get().elapsedTime();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a monotonically increasing instant.
     * <p>

   * elapsed time. Therefore, we recommend using {@link #elapsed()} instead, which returns a
   * strongly-typed {@link Duration} instance.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 10.0 as {@code elapsedTime()})
   */
  public long elapsed(TimeUnit desiredUnit) {
    return desiredUnit.convert(elapsedNanos(), NANOSECONDS);
  }

  /**

   * elapsed time. Therefore, we recommend using {@link #elapsed()} instead, which returns a
   * strongly-typed {@link Duration} instance.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 10.0 as {@code elapsedTime()})
   */
  public long elapsed(TimeUnit desiredUnit) {
    return desiredUnit.convert(elapsedNanos(), NANOSECONDS);
  }

  /**

        void testElapsedTimeConsistency() {
            MonotonicClock clock = MonotonicClock.get();
            Instant now = clock.instant();
            Duration elapsed = clock.elapsedTime();
            Duration calculated = Duration.between(clock.startInstant(), now);

            // Allow for small timing differences (1ms) due to execution time between measurements
            assertTrue(