[Backport 1.2] test: increment time continuously

[Zelldon]

Description

Backports #8508 problems with cherry-pick, because of the import order.

Related issues

closes #8475

Definition of Done

Not all items need to be done depending on the issue and the pull request.

Code changes:

• The changes are backwards compatibility with previous versions
• If it fixes a bug then PRs are created to backport the fix to the last two minor versions. You can trigger a backport by assigning labels (e.g. backport stable/0.25) to the PR, in case that fails you need to create backports manually.

Testing:

• There are unit/integration tests that verify all acceptance criterias of the issue
• New tests are written to ensure backwards compatibility with further versions
• The behavior is tested manually
• The change has been verified by a QA run
• The impact of the changes is verified by a benchmark

Documentation:

• The documentation is updated (e.g. BPMN reference, configuration, examples, get-started guides, etc.)
• New content is added to the release announcement

[deepthidevaki]

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[Zelldon]

bors r+

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Build succeeded:

• continuous-integration/jenkins/branch