Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)

Baseline: ea4ab7d

Cherry picks:

• 3453d03:
  Keep leading zero in formatted date
• 8893f2e:
  Bazel release process: Fix broken "git push" by setting direct
  push justification.
• 4640435:
  Bazel release process: Fix push justification.
• 95296e8:
  Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
• fbcc487:
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