diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
index 18bdaa15f4..112e8b764d 100644
--- a/core-java-8/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-8/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>core-java-8</artifactId>
@@ -104,6 +104,24 @@
             <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
             <version>${asspectj.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
+            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito2</artifactId>
+            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jmockit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmockit</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmockit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -119,7 +137,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -142,6 +160,16 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/jmockit/jmockit/${jmockit.version}/jmockit-${jmockit.version}.jar
+                    </argLine>
+                    <disableXmlReport>true</disableXmlReport>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -159,9 +187,14 @@
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <asspectj.version>1.8.9</asspectj.version>
+        <powermock.version>2.0.0-RC.4</powermock.version>
+        <jmockit.version>1.44</jmockit.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
         <jmh-core.version>1.19</jmh-core.version>
         <jmh-generator.version>1.19</jmh-generator.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
+        <!-- plugins -->
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeUnitTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c1a0b74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.time;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
+import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
+
+import java.time.Clock;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito.mockStatic;
+
+@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
+@PrepareForTest({ LocalDateTime.class })
+public class LocalDateTimeUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLocalDateTimeMock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
+        Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-22T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
+        mockStatic(LocalDateTime.class);
+        when(LocalDateTime.now()).thenReturn(dateTime);
+        String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-22T10:15:30";
+
+        LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+
+        assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFixedClock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
+        Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-22T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
+        String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-22T10:15:30";
+
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
+
+        assertThat(dateTime).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeWithJMockUnitTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeWithJMockUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13861dfd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-8/src/test/java/com/baeldung/time/LocalDateTimeWithJMockUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.baeldung.time;
+
+import mockit.Expectations;
+import mockit.Mock;
+import mockit.MockUp;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.time.Clock;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class LocalDateTimeWithJMockUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLocalDateTimeWithJMock_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
+        Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-21T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
+        new MockUp<LocalDateTime>() {
+            @Mock
+            public LocalDateTime now() {
+                return LocalDateTime.now(clock);
+            }
+        };
+        String dateTimeExpected = "2014-12-21T10:15:30";
+
+        LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+
+        assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLocalDateTimeWithExpectations_whenNow_thenGetFixedLocalDateTime() {
+        Clock clock = Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2014-12-23T10:15:30.00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC"));
+        LocalDateTime dateTimeExpected = LocalDateTime.now(clock);
+        new Expectations(LocalDateTime.class) {
+            {
+                LocalDateTime.now();
+                result = dateTimeExpected;
+            }
+        };
+
+        LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
+
+        assertThat(now).isEqualTo(dateTimeExpected);
+    }
+}