refactor: implement epoch clock logic #7213

Job	Run time
E2E tests (windows-latest)	14m 57s
Format check	51s
Build	1m 32s
E2E tests (ubuntu-latest)	8m 3s
Linter	1m 48s
Unit tests (macos-latest)	1m 51s
Unit tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 17s
Integration tests (ubuntu-latest)	1m 48s
Integration tests (windows-latest)	3m 29s
Unit tests (windows-latest)	2m 34s
Integration tests (macos-latest)	1m 51s
E2E tests (macos-latest)	11m 53s
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