Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
        metadata.setGroupId(artifact.getGroupId());
        metadata.setArtifactId(artifact.getArtifactId());
        metadata.setVersion(artifact.getVersion());
        metadata.setVersioning(versioning);
        return metadata;
    }

    protected static Versioning createVersioning(Snapshot snapshot) {
        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        versioning.setSnapshot(snapshot);

        Metadata repoMetadata = metadata.getMetadata();
        if ((repoMetadata != null)
                && (repoMetadata.getVersioning() != null
                        && repoMetadata.getVersioning().getSnapshot() != null)) {
            buildNumber = repoMetadata.getVersioning().getSnapshot().getBuildNumber();
        }
        return buildNumber;
    }

    public static DateFormat getUtcDateFormatter() {

        artifact.addMetadata(metadata);

        Metadata repoMetadata = metadata.getMetadata();
        String version = null;
        if (repoMetadata != null && repoMetadata.getVersioning() != null) {
            version = constructVersion(repoMetadata.getVersioning(), artifact.getBaseVersion());
        }

        if (version == null) {
            // use the local copy, or if it doesn't exist - go to the remote repo for it