exactly what time a domain expire?

[xxx]

is there a way to know what time a domain expire?
let's say a domain i want is about to expire jan 20, 2002
i like to register it the second it expires so nobody else grap it before me. can i find out exactly what time it expires?

[Cyber]

12:00midnight on the day it expires

snapnames.com can get it for you the second it expires

[xxx]

is that eastern time, central time, or pacific times
let's say the domain says it expires jan 20, 2002
does it mean i can get it at midnight jan, 20, 2002 or
at midnight jan , 21, 2002

some domains they put it on hold, or do they always put it on hold?

[Cyber]

jan 20

it may end up on hold tho

[xxx]

you forgot to tell me if it's midnight eastern time or pacific?

[Cyber]

eastern

[Chicken]

Originally posted by xxx
let's say the domain says it expires jan 20, 2002
does it mean i can get it at midnight jan, 20, 2002 or
at midnight jan , 21, 2002

some domains they put it on hold, or do they always put it on hold?
I know of no registrar which makes domains available the second after the billing date expires. You aren't going to be able to get the domain at that exact time.

[wm2k1]

Originally posted by xxx
is there a way to know what time a domain expire?
let's say a domain i want is about to expire jan 20, 2002
i like to register it the second it expires so nobody else grap it before me. can i find out exactly what time it expires?

with snapnames.com u get the name the second it become expired

if u doing it the normal way, the name doesn't become expired by the date on the whois
the name get put on hold for a grace period from 45-90 days depending on the registrar
after the grace period, the name become "soon-to-drop", which mean in 6 days at 2:00 pm est (was 6:30 am before september) the name is truely expired