Calculate the seconds since the UNIX epoch using the difference in
Julian day numbers from the epoch date. By reducing the Rational math
to just the offset component this gives a significant improvement.

Benchmark:

Calculating --------------------------------------------
       new     27733 i/100ms
   current     15031 i/100ms
       new     27737 i/100ms
   current     15549 i/100ms
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       new   548182.1 (±0.9%) i/s - 2745567 in 5.008943s
   current   216380.9 (±1.6%) i/s - 1082232 in 5.002781s
       new   510281.9 (±1.2%) i/s - 2551804 in 5.001525s
   current   219858.3 (±1.8%) i/s - 1103979 in 5.023039s