.setRemoteRepositories(request.getRemoteRepositories())
                .setPluginArtifactRepositories(request.getPluginArtifactRepositories())
                .setSystemProperties(executionProperties)
                .setUserProperties(new Properties());

        initRepoSession(request, configuration);

        List<MavenProject> projects = new ArrayList<>();

        copy.setGoals(original.getGoals());
        copy.setRecursive(original.isRecursive());
        copy.setPom(original.getPom());
        copy.setSystemProperties(original.getSystemProperties());
        copy.setUserProperties(original.getUserProperties());
        copy.setShowErrors(original.isShowErrors());
        copy.setActiveProfiles(original.getActiveProfiles());

     *
     * @param systemProperties The system properties, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    ModelBuildingRequest setSystemProperties(Properties systemProperties);

    /**
     * Gets the user properties to use for interpolation and profile activation. The user properties have been

     *
     * @param systemProperties The system properties, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */
    MavenExecutionRequest setSystemProperties(Properties systemProperties);

    /**
     * Gets the system properties to use for interpolation and profile activation. The system properties are collected

        request.setLocalRepository(configuration.getLocalRepository());
        request.setBuildStartTime(configuration.getBuildStartTime());
        request.setUserProperties(configuration.getUserProperties());
        request.setSystemProperties(configuration.getExecutionProperties());

        ProfileManager profileManager = configuration.getGlobalProfileManager();
        if (profileManager != null) {

                    if (session != null) {
                        configuration.setSystemProperties(session.getSystemProperties());
                        configuration.setUserProperties(session.getUserProperties());
                    } else {
                        configuration.setSystemProperties(getSystemProperties());
                        configuration.setUserProperties(new Properties());

        settingsRequest.setProjectSettingsFile(projectSettingsFile);
        settingsRequest.setUserSettingsFile(userSettingsFile);
        settingsRequest.setSystemProperties(cliRequest.getSystemProperties());
        Properties props = cliRequest.getUserProperties();
        if (cliRequest.getRootDirectory() != null) {
            props = new Properties();

                // This merge is on purpose because otherwise user properties would override model
                // properties in dependencies the user does not know. See MNG-7563 for details.
                modelRequest.setSystemProperties(
                        toProperties(session.getUserProperties(), session.getSystemProperties()));
                modelRequest.setUserProperties(new Properties());

    }

    private ModelBuildingRequest createModelBuildingRequest(Properties p) {
        ModelBuildingRequest config = new DefaultModelBuildingRequest();
        if (p != null) {
            config.setSystemProperties(p);
        }
        return config;
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultBuildTimestampFormatShouldFormatTimeIn24HourFormat() {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        finalConfigProperties.putAll(mergedProps);
        finalConfigProperties.putAll(configProps);

        sessionBuilder.setUserProperties(request.getUserProperties());
        sessionBuilder.setSystemProperties(request.getSystemProperties());
        sessionBuilder.setConfigProperties(finalConfigProperties);

        return sessionBuilder;
    }

    private Path resolve(String string) {