refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7185

Job	Run time
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 31s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 17s
Build	1m 36s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 8s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	10m 6s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 25s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	7m 45s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 46s
Linter	3m 39s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	2m 25s
Format check	46s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 51s
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