utcDateFormatter.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
            utcDateFormatter.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIME_ZONE);

            snapshot = new Snapshot();
            snapshot.setBuildNumber(buildNumber != null ? buildNumber : getBuildNumber(recessive) + 1);
            snapshot.setTimestamp(utcDateFormatter.format(timestamp));

            Versioning versioning = new Versioning();

            try {
                int buildNumber = resolveLatestSnapshotBuildNumber(artifact, localRepository, remoteRepository);

                snapshot.setBuildNumber(buildNumber + 1);
            } catch (RepositoryMetadataResolutionException e) {
                throw new ArtifactDeploymentException(