}
        return config;
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultBuildTimestampFormatShouldFormatTimeIn24HourFormat() {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTimeZone(MavenBuildTimestamp.DEFAULT_BUILD_TIME_ZONE);
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 12);
        cal.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM);

        // just to make sure all the bases are covered...

        if (time == null) {
            time = new Date();
        }
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(timestampFormat);
        dateFormat.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_BUILD_TIME_ZONE);
        formattedTimestamp = dateFormat.format(time);
    }

    public String formattedTimestamp() {
        return formattedTimestamp;
    }

        Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
    }

    static String gregorianDate() {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        df.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
        df.setTimeZone(RemoteSnapshotMetadata.DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIME_ZONE);
        return df.format(new Date());
    }

    @Test
    void gregorianCalendarIsUsed() {
        String dateBefore = gregorianDate();

            DateFormat utcDateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT);
            utcDateFormatter.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
            utcDateFormatter.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIME_ZONE);

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

        DateFormat utcDateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT);
        utcDateFormatter.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
        utcDateFormatter.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIME_ZONE);
        return utcDateFormatter;
    }

        DateFormat fmt =
                new SimpleDateFormat(forSnapshotTimestamp ? DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT : DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
        fmt.setCalendar(new GregorianCalendar());
        fmt.setTimeZone(timezone);
        return fmt.format(date);
    }

    private static Metadata createMetadataFromArtifact(Artifact artifact) {
        Metadata metadata = new Metadata();

            return new Date(((Number) obj).longValue());
        }
        if (obj instanceof String) {
            final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
            try {
                return sdf.parse(obj.toString());
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {