refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7212

Job	Run time
E2E tests (windows-latest)	15m 24s
Linter	1m 42s
Build	1m 40s
Format check	49s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 17s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	6m 53s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 8s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 49s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 35s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 46s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	2m 39s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	7m 42s
	47m 24s

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