diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9580d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+  <artifactId>gs-maven</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <transformers>
+                <transformer>
+                  <mainClass>hello.HelloWorld</mainClass>
+                </transformer>
+              </transformers>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/hello/Greeter.java b/src/main/java/hello/Greeter.java
index a81d713..d7eebc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hello/Greeter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hello/Greeter.java
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 package hello;
 
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+
 public class Greeter {
   public String sayHello() {
     return "Hello world!";
   }
+  
+  public String sayCurrentDate() {
+      LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now();
+      return currentDate.toString();
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/hello/HelloWorld.java b/src/main/java/hello/HelloWorld.java
index 1a88d52..3f322f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hello/HelloWorld.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hello/HelloWorld.java
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     System.out.println("The current local time is: " + currentTime);
     Greeter greeter = new Greeter();
     System.out.println(greeter.sayHello());
+    System.out.println(greeter.sayCurrentDate());
   }
 }
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