refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7192

Job	Run time
Integration tests (macos-latest)	1m 55s
Build	1m 36s
Linter	1m 59s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	12m 11s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	8m 3s
Format check	45s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 30s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 16s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 41s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 14s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 28s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 55s
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