Too many ISystemClock definitions

[YohDeadfall]

The ISystemClock defines a way to get the current time in UTC timezone, and it has a simple implementation:

public interface ISystemClock
{
    DateTimeOffset UtcNow { get; }
}

public interface SystemClock : ISystemClock
{
    public DateTimeOffset UtcNow => DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
}

The interface exists in:

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Infrastructure
• Microsoft.Extensions.Internal

There is a small difference exists between implementations, but in most cases it can be moved out. In case of Kestrel's clock which has a specific logic inside, there could be made a new interface IScopedSystemClock which will provide the scope start time as UtcNow does now. Therefore, looks like all of them could be merged into a single class/interface and put into Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.

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[JunTaoLuo]

ISystemClock seems to be used elsewhere in our codebase as well so the list might be incomplete. Instead of putting this Extensions.Primitives, we should also consider having it as a shared source file.

[BrennanConroy]

We aren't planning to do anything here.