The perception of time IS consciousness. Without the consciousness, no time doesn't exist.
You sleep, you get up, you feel as if maybe 5 hours have passed, but you have been asleep for 8. How is that possible, you weren't conscious. Duh.
They are the same thing.
You aren't going to understand what I'm saying from my words - you have to get this realization yourself. It is deep, but again, it is not hard to understand.