# Expiring Domain question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiring-domain-question/30344>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiring-domain-question/30344 "2000-08-22T19:53:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiring-domain-question/30344/1 "2000-08-22T19:53:52Z")

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I was just looking through some possible Domain Names and the one I’d really quite like is, inevitably, taken. However, I read through the info and found this:

Record last updated on 06-Jun-2000.  
**Record expires on 21-Aug-2000.**  
Record created on 20-Aug-1996.  
**Database last updated on 22-Aug-2000 07:39:20 EDT.**  
Wow, that was intersting !! But now I’m confused. The registration expired yesterday, it **seems** to have not been renewed (because the database was updated today and no update was mentioned) but the Domain is not up for grabs at the moment.  
Anyone waited for a domain to expire - does it take a while for the d/b to catch up ?

OK, I should also mention the Domain is not being used at the moment (just dead, not even a holding page)

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiring-domain-question/30344/2 "2000-08-22T20:11:11Z")

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Sorry **Manny**. I **know** to trust the cgi - just…sorry. Please eradicate, kill, maim and otherwise destroy this. Thanks and sorry, again.