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@@ -30,12 +30,17 @@ Libgcrypt. Here is an example of an unprotected file:
(q #00f7a7c..[some bytes not shown]..61#)
(u #304559a..[some bytes not shown]..9b#)
)
+ (created-at timestamp)
(uri http://foo.bar x-foo:whatever_you_want)
(comment whatever)
)
-"comment" and "uri" are optional. "comment" is currently used to keep
-track of ssh key comments.
+"comment", "created-at" and "uri" are optional. "comment" is
+currently used to keep track of ssh key comments. "created-at" is used
+to keep track of the creation time stamp used with OpenPGP keys; it is
+optional but required for some operations to calculate the fingerprint
+of the key. This timestamp should be a string with the number of
+seconds since Epoch or an ISO time string (yyyymmddThhmmss).
Actually this form should not be used for regular purposes and only
accepted by gpg-agent with the configuration option: