The timers that are configured for policies are evaluated every day at 3:00 am. If an asset enters a state with a policy configured to run after a certain amount of time, and then the asset leaves that state before the specified amount of time elapses, the policy is canceled.
The timer starts when an asset enters a state. The timer is not reset when an asset is modified.
After the specified amount of time elapses and the policy runs, the timer is reset and begins counting down again. For example, if the timer is set to one week, then the policy runs once a week while the asset remains in the state that is configured with the timer.
When an asset enters a state, or when a policy runs, the next time that the policy will be run is computed by adding the specified number of days, weeks, or years to the current date. The policy is then set to run after midnight of the computed date. Midnight is considered to be the first second of the day.