}

    /**
     * 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>

        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(