refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7199

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Linter	1m 49s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 31s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	2m 20s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 49s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	11m 4s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	8m 30s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 30s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 30s
Build	1m 30s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 18s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 7s
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