refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7200

Job	Run time
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 49s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 20s
Build	1m 30s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	2m 35s
Format check	50s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 23s
Linter	1m 49s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	8m 34s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 44s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 35s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 32s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	12m 40s
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