Epoch Time – Shadow Keys.

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Some information on Citrix Presentation Server Shadow Keys and their use of EPOCH time.

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The key is in epoch time, which is seconds since January 1, 1970. Here’s a quick calculator –

https://www.esqsoft.com/javascript_examples/date-to-epoch.htm

This ensures that the shadow keys do not overwrite settings in the mandatory profile, since the mandatory profile will always show up as being newer.

A good article on the topic –
http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article/How-Applications-use-the-Registry-in-Terminal-Server-Environments-Part-2-of-3

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