Fluent-bit metrics timestamps not updated
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Description
## Bug Report
**Describe the bug**
Fluent-bit own metric timestamps are updated only if the metric is updated. This makes some metric datapoint too old to consume into metric storage services.
**To Reproduce**
Fluent-bit metrics input enabled. File or any other output for the fluent-bit metrics.
Example uses file and opentelemetry outputs.
- Example output from file:
```
2024-01-24T09:41:10.441988883Z fluentbit_output_proc_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:10.441988883Z fluentbit_output_proc_bytes_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 6147328
2024-01-24T09:31:06.794159432Z fluentbit_output_errors_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:31:06.794159432Z fluentbit_output_retries_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:31:06.794159432Z fluentbit_output_retries_failed_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:31:06.794159432Z fluentbit_output_dropped_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:31:06.794159432Z fluentbit_output_retried_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_upstream_total_connections{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:10.441924567Z fluentbit_output_upstream_busy_connections{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
```
- Steps to reproduce the problem:
**Expected behavior**
All metric timestamps are renewed when metric scrape by fluent-bit metrics input is done.
```
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_proc_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_proc_bytes_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 6147328
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_errors_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_retries_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_retries_failed_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_dropped_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_retried_records_total{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_upstream_total_connections{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
2024-01-24T09:41:21.188470385Z fluentbit_output_upstream_busy_connections{name="example-otel-output"} = 0
```
**Your Environment**
* Version used: 2.2.2 and older ones
* Configuration:
* Environment name and version (e.g. Kubernetes? What version?): Linux and Windows
This was also very well described in issue #7650
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