Replace java.util.Date with newer java.util.time.* in Passage's API?

[HannesWell]

Passage uses the ancient java.util.Date class in its APIs.
In Java-8 a new Date/Time API was introduced in the java.util.time which aims to be a better alternative to the Date class.

Since you seem to prepare a new major version of Passage, you maybe want to consider to migrate the APIs using java.util.Date to use the replacements from the java.util.time package instead?

There is for example the following article that describes the new APIs and outlines the migration:

• https://www.baeldung.com/migrating-to-java-8-date-time-api