diff --git a/cdc/processor/sinkmanager/manager.go b/cdc/processor/sinkmanager/manager.go
index e795fd81edc..3b2305b7c4b 100644
--- a/cdc/processor/sinkmanager/manager.go
+++ b/cdc/processor/sinkmanager/manager.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func (m *SinkManager) initSinkFactory() (chan error, uint64) {
 		return m.sinkFactory.errors, m.sinkFactory.version
 	}
 
-	m.sinkFactory.f, err = factory.New(m.managerCtx, m.changefeedID, uri, cfg, m.sinkFactory.errors)
+	m.sinkFactory.f, err = factory.New(m.managerCtx, m.changefeedID, m.up.PDClock, uri, cfg, m.sinkFactory.errors)
 	if err != nil {
 		emitError(err)
 		return m.sinkFactory.errors, m.sinkFactory.version
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink.go
index 73ffa99d992..7938ff92f07 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/metrics"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/tablesink/state"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/util"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/chann"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
 	cerror "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/cloudstorage"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/codec/builder"
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ type DMLSink struct {
 // NewDMLSink creates a cloud storage sink.
 func NewDMLSink(ctx context.Context,
 	changefeedID model.ChangeFeedID,
+	pdClock pdutil.Clock,
 	sinkURI *url.URL,
 	replicaConfig *config.ReplicaConfig,
 	errCh chan error,
@@ -157,11 +158,10 @@ func NewDMLSink(ctx context.Context,
 	// create defragmenter.
 	s.defragmenter = newDefragmenter(encodedCh, workerChannels)
 	// create a group of dml workers.
-	clock := clock.New()
 	for i := 0; i < cfg.WorkerCount; i++ {
 		inputCh := chann.NewAutoDrainChann[eventFragment]()
 		s.workers[i] = newDMLWorker(i, s.changefeedID, storage, cfg, ext,
-			inputCh, clock, s.statistics)
+			inputCh, pdClock, s.statistics)
 		workerChannels[i] = inputCh
 	}
 
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink_test.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink_test.go
index b2c555346f1..a462d9837e2 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink_test.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/cloud_storage_dml_sink_test.go
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/tablesink/state"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func setClock(s *DMLSink, clock clock.Clock) {
 	for _, w := range s.workers {
-		w.filePathGenerator.SetClock(clock)
+		w.filePathGenerator.SetClock(pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(clock))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ func TestCloudStorageWriteEventsWithoutDateSeparator(t *testing.T) {
 	errCh := make(chan error, 5)
 	s, err := NewDMLSink(ctx,
 		model.DefaultChangeFeedID("test"),
+		pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(clock.New()),
 		sinkURI, replicaConfig, errCh)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	var cnt uint64 = 0
@@ -197,11 +199,12 @@ func TestCloudStorageWriteEventsWithDateSeparator(t *testing.T) {
 	replicaConfig.Sink.FileIndexWidth = util.AddressOf(6)
 
 	errCh := make(chan error, 5)
+	mockClock := clock.NewMock()
 	s, err := NewDMLSink(ctx,
-		model.DefaultChangeFeedID("test"), sinkURI, replicaConfig, errCh)
+		model.DefaultChangeFeedID("test"),
+		pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock),
+		sinkURI, replicaConfig, errCh)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-	mockClock := clock.NewMock()
-	setClock(s, mockClock)
 
 	var cnt uint64 = 0
 	batch := 100
@@ -272,12 +275,14 @@ func TestCloudStorageWriteEventsWithDateSeparator(t *testing.T) {
 	// test table is scheduled from one node to another
 	cnt = 0
 	ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	s, err = NewDMLSink(ctx,
-		model.DefaultChangeFeedID("test"), sinkURI, replicaConfig, errCh)
-	require.Nil(t, err)
+
 	mockClock = clock.NewMock()
 	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2023, 3, 9, 0, 1, 10, 0, time.UTC))
-	setClock(s, mockClock)
+	s, err = NewDMLSink(ctx,
+		model.DefaultChangeFeedID("test"),
+		pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock),
+		sinkURI, replicaConfig, errCh)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
 
 	err = s.WriteEvents(txns...)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker.go
index 40de8505424..7e785cd0ccf 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker.go
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/metrics"
 	mcloudstorage "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/metrics/cloudstorage"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/chann"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/cloudstorage"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/codec/common"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func newDMLWorker(
 	config *cloudstorage.Config,
 	extension string,
 	inputCh *chann.DrainableChann[eventFragment],
-	clock clock.Clock,
+	pdClock pdutil.Clock,
 	statistics *metrics.Statistics,
 ) *dmlWorker {
 	d := &dmlWorker{
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func newDMLWorker(
 		inputCh:           inputCh,
 		flushNotifyCh:     make(chan dmlTask, 64),
 		statistics:        statistics,
-		filePathGenerator: cloudstorage.NewFilePathGenerator(config, storage, extension, clock),
+		filePathGenerator: cloudstorage.NewFilePathGenerator(config, storage, extension, pdClock),
 		metricWriteBytes: mcloudstorage.CloudStorageWriteBytesGauge.
 			WithLabelValues(changefeedID.Namespace, changefeedID.ID),
 		metricFileCount: mcloudstorage.CloudStorageFileCountGauge.
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker_test.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker_test.go
index c0e8ee47600..e0cf0edf146 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker_test.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/cloudstorage/dml_worker_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/chann"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/cloudstorage"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/codec/common"
@@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ func testDMLWorker(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, dir string) *dmlWorker {
 
 	statistics := metrics.NewStatistics(ctx, model.DefaultChangeFeedID("dml-worker-test"),
 		sink.TxnSink)
+	pdlock := pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(clock.New())
 	d := newDMLWorker(1, model.DefaultChangeFeedID("dml-worker-test"), storage,
-		cfg, ".json", chann.NewAutoDrainChann[eventFragment](), clock.New(), statistics)
+		cfg, ".json", chann.NewAutoDrainChann[eventFragment](), pdlock, statistics)
 	return d
 }
 
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
index 5d520630fe9..c2d512223a2 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/sink/tablesink"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
 	cerror "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/kafka"
 	v2 "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink/kafka/v2"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ type SinkFactory struct {
 func New(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	changefeedID model.ChangeFeedID,
+	pdClock pdutil.Clock,
 	sinkURIStr string,
 	cfg *config.ReplicaConfig,
 	errCh chan error,
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ func New(
 		s.txnSink = mqs
 		s.category = CategoryMQ
 	case sink.S3Scheme, sink.FileScheme, sink.GCSScheme, sink.GSScheme, sink.AzblobScheme, sink.AzureScheme, sink.CloudStorageNoopScheme:
-		storageSink, err := cloudstorage.NewDMLSink(ctx, changefeedID, sinkURI, cfg, errCh)
+		storageSink, err := cloudstorage.NewDMLSink(ctx, changefeedID, pdClock, sinkURI, cfg, errCh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pdutil/clock.go b/pkg/pdutil/clock.go
index fa79ec4074b..f85138beb54 100644
--- a/pkg/pdutil/clock.go
+++ b/pkg/pdutil/clock.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
+	pclock "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/retry"
 	"github.com/tikv/client-go/v2/oracle"
 	pd "github.com/tikv/pd/client"
@@ -136,3 +137,19 @@ func (c *clock4Test) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 
 func (c *clock4Test) Stop() {
 }
+
+type monotonicClock4Test struct {
+	Clock
+	pClock pclock.Clock
+}
+
+// NewMonotonicClock4Test return a new monotonic clock for test.
+func NewMonotonicClock4Test(pClock pclock.Clock) Clock {
+	return &monotonicClock4Test{
+		pClock: pClock,
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *monotonicClock4Test) CurrentTime() time.Time {
+	return m.pClock.Now()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path.go b/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path.go
index d4e492d5be5..c67c0cf31d3 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/model"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/hash"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/tikv/client-go/v2/oracle"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ type VersionedTableName struct {
 type FilePathGenerator struct {
 	extension string
 	config    *Config
-	clock     clock.Clock
+	pdClock   pdutil.Clock
 	storage   storage.ExternalStorage
 	fileIndex map[VersionedTableName]*indexWithDate
 
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ func NewFilePathGenerator(
 	config *Config,
 	storage storage.ExternalStorage,
 	extension string,
-	clock clock.Clock,
+	pdclock pdutil.Clock,
 ) *FilePathGenerator {
 	return &FilePathGenerator{
 		config:     config,
 		extension:  extension,
 		storage:    storage,
-		clock:      clock,
+		pdClock:    pdclock,
 		fileIndex:  make(map[VersionedTableName]*indexWithDate),
 		hasher:     hash.NewPositionInertia(),
 		versionMap: make(map[VersionedTableName]uint64),
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ func (f *FilePathGenerator) CheckOrWriteSchema(
 }
 
 // SetClock is used for unit test
-func (f *FilePathGenerator) SetClock(clock clock.Clock) {
-	f.clock = clock
+func (f *FilePathGenerator) SetClock(pdClock pdutil.Clock) {
+	f.pdClock = pdClock
 }
 
 // GenerateDateStr generates a date string base on current time
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (f *FilePathGenerator) SetClock(clock clock.Clock) {
 func (f *FilePathGenerator) GenerateDateStr() string {
 	var dateStr string
 
-	currTime := f.clock.Now()
+	currTime := f.pdClock.CurrentTime()
 	switch f.config.DateSeparator {
 	case config.DateSeparatorYear.String():
 		dateStr = currTime.Format("2006")
diff --git a/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path_test.go b/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path_test.go
index 973840dba95..15d8a126808 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/cloudstorage/path_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/cdc/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/engine/pkg/clock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/tikv/client-go/v2/oracle"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func testFilePathGenerator(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, dir string) *FileP
 	err = cfg.Apply(ctx, sinkURI, replicaConfig)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	f := NewFilePathGenerator(cfg, storage, ".json", clock.New())
+	f := NewFilePathGenerator(cfg, storage, ".json", pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(clock.New()))
 	return f
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func TestGenerateDataFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 	f = testFilePathGenerator(ctx, t, dir)
 	f.versionMap[table] = table.TableInfoVersion
 	f.config.DateSeparator = config.DateSeparatorYear.String()
-	f.clock = mockClock
+	f.SetClock(pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock))
 	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2022, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0, time.UTC))
 	date = f.GenerateDateStr()
 	path, err = f.GenerateDataFilePath(ctx, table, date)
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ func TestGenerateDataFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 	f = testFilePathGenerator(ctx, t, dir)
 	f.versionMap[table] = table.TableInfoVersion
 	f.config.DateSeparator = config.DateSeparatorMonth.String()
-	f.clock = mockClock
+	f.SetClock(pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock))
+
 	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2022, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0, time.UTC))
 	date = f.GenerateDateStr()
 	path, err = f.GenerateDataFilePath(ctx, table, date)
@@ -132,7 +134,8 @@ func TestGenerateDataFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 	f = testFilePathGenerator(ctx, t, dir)
 	f.versionMap[table] = table.TableInfoVersion
 	f.config.DateSeparator = config.DateSeparatorDay.String()
-	f.clock = mockClock
+	f.SetClock(pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock))
+
 	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2022, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0, time.UTC))
 	date = f.GenerateDateStr()
 	path, err = f.GenerateDataFilePath(ctx, table, date)
@@ -210,7 +213,8 @@ func TestGenerateDataFilePathWithIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
 	f := testFilePathGenerator(ctx, t, dir)
 	mockClock := clock.NewMock()
 	f.config.DateSeparator = config.DateSeparatorDay.String()
-	f.clock = mockClock
+	f.SetClock(pdutil.NewMonotonicClock4Test(mockClock))
+
 	mockClock.Set(time.Date(2023, 3, 9, 23, 59, 59, 0, time.UTC))
 	table := VersionedTableName{
 		TableNameWithPhysicTableID: model.TableName{