EU Domain Release Dates

Unlike with .com domains .eu actually lets you know when a domain is due for release ie. when it will be available for registration again.

For example:

% % WHOIS xxxxxxxxxx
Domain: xxxxxxxxxxx
Status: SUSPENDED(QUARANTINE)
Registered: Sat Apr 22 2006
Available: Sat Jun 9 2007

I’ve removed the actual domain name from the whois output as it belonged to a client, however you can easily see the difference in output.

With a live domain the output is like this:
% % WHOIS isquattedyour
Domain: isquattedyour
Status: REGISTERED
Registered: Mon Apr 24 2006
 (I’ve removed the extra bits with DNS details etc)

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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