</a> attached to the <a href="../../../jakarta/validation/Validator.html" title="interface in jakarta.validation"><code>Validator</code></a> or
 <a href="../../../jakarta/validation/ValidatorFactory.html" title="interface in jakarta.validation"><code>ValidatorFactory</code></a>. The default <code>clockProvider</code> defines the current time
 according to the virtual machine, applying the current default time zone if needed.
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 The notion of present is defined relatively to the type on which the constrai