refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7207

Job	Run time
E2E tests (macos-latest)	7m 22s
Format check	45s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	7m 59s
Build	1m 30s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 40s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 23s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 16s
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 17s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	2m 19s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 45s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	2m 25s
Linter	1m 51s
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