Decay timer Reset?

[NeoFromdMatrix]

An update regarding the PlayStation 4 connectivity issues

Greetings, Exiles. As you’re all aware, we’ve been working for the past few days to get an update out of the gates that would fix the connectivity issues you’ve all been having on PlayStation 4. It has been a very frustrating experience, most understandably, for all of you. For this, we deeply apologize. We have taken steps to ensure the core issue that caused these connectivity problems does not happen again, and we’re working with our partners to address the delay on the fix. We understand …

read the statement, timer has been stopped. why do you need to be reset, they stop the timer to make up the lost time?