refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7179

Job	Run time
Linter	3m 44s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 9s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 23s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	10m 37s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	8m 21s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 30s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	1m 57s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 24s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 8s
Build	1m 36s
Format check	45s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 43s
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