refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7210

Job	Run time
E2E tests (windows-latest)	14m 57s
Linter	1m 50s
Format check	50s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 9s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	8m 37s
Build	1m 35s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 31s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 52s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 42s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	7m 3s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	1m 41s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 21s
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