# Renewal question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512>\
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**Created:** [March 2, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512 "2012-03-02T02:35:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512/1 "2012-03-02T02:35:29Z")

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My current membership is not up until 2013, but my custom title is due to expire 3/10/2012. If I renew today, will the new expiry date be 3/10/2013 or 3/1/2013?

For simplicity, assume that the renewal takes place immediate.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512/2 "2012-03-02T04:17:19Z")

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Expiration for membership or custom title?

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512/3 "2012-03-02T13:54:42Z")

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Either.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512/4 "2012-03-02T15:49:01Z")

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If you renew your membership today, the new expiration is added to the old one, so one year from the end of the current expiration date, not one year from today. If your expiration is May 15, 2013, and you renew today, the new expiration would be May 15, 2014, not March 2, 2013.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewal-question/614512/5 "2012-03-02T18:15:50Z")

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Excellent. That is exactly what I was hoping, as it greatly simplifies things. Thanks!