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I am looking to add functionality onto `OffsetDateTime` where I’d be able to do something like `OffsetDateTime.todayAtMidnight` to get the time for today at midnight. If I could do an extension static function on that class then my problem would be solved but alas I _don’t think_ you can do that.

Would the best option be to just use the factory pattern and have a `OffsetDateTimeFactory` that’s just a collection of ways to create `OffsetDateTime` instances for specific cases?

You could just make a top level function called `todayAtMidnight()` that just returns what you’re looking for. ```fun todayAtMidnight() = OffsetDateTime.now().withHour(0).withMinute(0).withSecond(0)```

Oof, I seem to forget about top level functions. That seems like another good option, I’ll check with my team to see which they prefer, thank you!