This completes the exhaustive refactoring of foundational temporal types from Joda-Time to the native java.time API across the entire codebase.
- Replaced org.joda.time.DateTime, Instant, LocalDate, and Duration with java.time equivalents.
- Audited and updated Clock implementations (FakeClock, SystemClock). Added nowMillis(), nowDate(), and nowDateTime() to eliminate repetitive conversions and maintain parallel naming.
- Replaced ZonedDateTime with OffsetDateTime globally per go/avoid-zdt. OffsetDateTime is a better fit as we use a hardcoded ZoneOffset.UTC throughout the system, making geographical time zone rules (like daylight saving time) irrelevant and preventing serialization ambiguities. Added a presubmit check.
- Completely removed all transitional bridge methods from DateTimeUtils and deleted obsolete converters (e.g., DateTimeConverter).
- Updated testing infrastructure, Apache Beam pipelines, custom JCommander parameters, and networking modules to solely rely on java.time primitives.
- Retained the lone necessary org.joda.time.Instant usage in SafeBrowsingTransforms required by the Apache Beam API.
- Cleared Gradle lockfiles and removed the joda-time dependency entirely from the build configuration.
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