diff --git a/src/Instant.ts b/src/Instant.ts
index 1100a59..96f463e 100644
--- a/src/Instant.ts
+++ b/src/Instant.ts
@@ -178,4 +178,6 @@ export class Instant
 			new Date(this.epochMilli)
 		);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export const now = Instant.now;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a44f7ab..77b63e7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export {DayOfWeek} from './DayOfWeek';
 export {DayOfWeekId} from './DayOfWeekId';
 export {Duration} from './Duration';
-export {Instant} from './Instant';
+export {Instant, now} from './Instant';
 export {IsoWeekDayNumber} from './IsoWeekDayNumber';
 export {LocalDate, MonthNumber, DayOfMonthNumber} from './LocalDate';
 export {LocalDateTime} from './LocalDateTime';
diff --git a/tests/stub.test.ts b/tests/Instant.test.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from tests/stub.test.ts
rename to tests/Instant.test.ts
index ffcfe0b..2d413c2 100644
--- a/tests/stub.test.ts
+++ b/tests/Instant.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import {Duration, Instant} from "../dist";
+import {Duration, Instant, now} from "../dist";
 import {assert} from "chai";
-import {LocalDate, LocalDateTime, LocalTime, ZonedDateTime, ZoneId} from "../src";
-
-describe('that tests run', () => {
-});
+import {LocalDate, LocalDateTime, LocalTime, ZoneId} from "../src";
+import {describe} from "mocha";
 
 describe('instant', () => {
     it('adds duration at time transition', () => {
@@ -39,6 +37,16 @@ describe('instant', () => {
     })
 });
 
+describe('now() function', () => {
+    it('returns the current time', () => {
+        const before = Date.now();
+        const sample = now();
+        const after = Date.now();
+        assert.isTrue(before <= sample.toEpochMilli());
+        assert.isTrue(after >= sample.toEpochMilli());
+    })
+});
+
 
 function testAddition(
     start: Instant,