Baseline: ea4ab7d8

Cherry picks:

   + 3453d035:
     Keep leading zero in formatted date
   + 8893f2ee:
     Bazel release process: Fix broken "git push" by setting direct
     push justification.
   + 3f8e0964:
     Bazel release process: Fix push justification. (#19754)
   + 95296e81:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + fbcc4876:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + 3f9dc1c7:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + f46bf706:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)

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