Spring Data auditing using user supplied DateTimeProvider

dateTimeProvider.java

package edu.wgu.dm.audit.jpa;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import org.springframework.data.auditing.DateTimeProvider;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component("UtcDateTimeProvider")
public class DateTimeProviderImpl implements DateTimeProvider {

    @Override
    public Calendar getNow() {
        return GregorianCalendar.from(Instant.now().atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC));
    }
    // Another way to get Zoned Date time for UTC time: ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.now(), ZoneId.of("UTC"))

}

/* 
In your spring boot app's Application.java, add this annotation to use this class 
@EnableJpaAuditing(dateTimeProviderRef="UtcDateTimeProvider")

*/

Thanks a lot!