Net::Domain::ExpireDate version 0.05 ==================================== NAME Net::Domain::ExpireDate - Perl extension for obtaining expiration date of domain names SYNOPSIS use Net::Domain::ExpireDate; $date = expire_date( 'microsoft.com' ); $str = expire_date( 'microsoft.com', '%Y-%m-%d' ); $date = expdate_int( $whois_text, 'com' ); $str = expdate_fmt( $whois_text, 'ru', '%Y-%m-%d' ); DESCRIPTION Net::Domain::ExpireDate gets WHOIS information of given domain using Net::Whois::Raw and tries to obtain expiration date of domain. Unfortunately there are too many different whois servers which provides whois info in very different formats. Net::Domain::ExpireDate knows more than 40 different formats of expiration date representation provided by different servers (almost all gTLD registrars and some ccTLD registrars are covered). If an expiration date format is unknown to Net::Domain::ExpireDate - then heuristics is used to determine expiration date. "$date" in synopsis is an object of type Time::Piece. FUNCTIONS expire_date( DOMAIN [,FORMAT] ) Returns expiration date of "DOMAIN". Without "FORMAT" argument returns Time::Piece object. With "FORMAT" argument returns date formatted using "FORMAT" template. See strftime man page for "FORMAT" specification. expdate_int( WHOISTEXT [,TLD] ) Extracts expiration date of domain in TLD from "WHOISTEXT". If no TLD is given 'com' is the default. There is no distinction between 'com', 'net' or 'org' TLDs in this function - all of them means gTLD. Also 'ru' and 'su' TLDs is suppored. Returns Time::Piece object. With "FORMAT" argument returns date formatted using "FORMAT" template (see strftime man page for "FORMAT" specification) expdate_fmt( WHOISTEXT [,TLD [,FORMAT]] ) Similar to expdate_int except that output value is formatted date. If no "FORMAT" specified, '%Y-%m-%d' is assumed. See strftime man page for "FORMAT" specification. AUTHOR Walery Studennikov, SEE ALSO Net::Whois::Raw, Time::Piece. ===================================== RECOGNIZED FORMATS OF EXPIRATION DATE [whois.networksolutions.com] [whois.opensrs.net] [whois.easyspace.com] [whois.namesdirect.com] [whois.dotregistrar.com] Record expires on 27-Apr-2011. [whois.bulkregister.com] [whois.eastcom.com] Record expire(?:d|s) on 2003-09-08 [whois.dotster.com] Expires on: 12-DEC-05 [whois.register.com] Expires on..............: Tue, Aug 04, 2009 [rs.domainbank.net] Record expires on 10-05-2003 11:21:25 AM [whois.corenic.net] Record expires: 2003-07-29 10:45:05 UTC [whois.InternetNamesWW.com] Expiry Date.......... 2009-06-16 [whois.nordnet.net] Record expires on 2010-Apr-03 [whois.namesecure.com] Expires on 10-09-2011 [whois.registrar.aol.com] Expires on..............: Oct 5 2002 12:00AM [whois.itsyourdomain.com] Record expires on March 06, 2011 [whois.enom.com] Expiration date: 09/21/03 13:45:09 [whois.domaininfo.com] Domain expires: 24 Oct 2010 [whois.aitdomains.com] Expire on................ 2002-11-05 16:42:41.000 [whois.yesnic.com] Valid Date 2010-11-02 05:21:35 EST [whois.gandi.net] expires: 2003-05-21 10:09:56 [whois.dotearth.com] Record expires on: 2010-04-07 00:00:00.0 ET [whois.names4ever.com] Record expires on 2012-07-15 10:23:10.000 [whois.doregi.com] Record expires on.......: Oct 28, 2011 [whois.ibi.net] Record expires on........: 03-Jun-2005 EST. [whois.OnlineNIC.com] Record expired on 2008/8/26 [whois.domainpeople.com] Expires on .............WED NOV 16 09:09:52 2011 [whois.awregistry.net] Record expires on Wed May 19 19:19:38 2004 MDT. [whois.discount-domain.com] Expiration Date: 02-Aug-2003 22:07:21 [?????????????] Expiration Date:03-Mar-2004 05:00:00 UTC [whois.psi-domains.com] Record expires on 07-26-2002 12:00:00 AM [whois.gkg.net] Expires on..............: 24-JAN-2003 [whois.enetregistry.net] Expiration Date : 2002-11-19 04:18:25-05 [whois.ascio.net] Record expires: 2003-03-12 12:16:45 [whois.catalog.com] Record Expires on 08-24-2011 [whois.oleane.net] expires: 20030803 [whois.totalnic.net] Record expires on 2010-04-24 16:03:20+10 [whois.alldomains.com] Expires on..............: 2006-Jun-12 [whois.signaturedomains.com] Expires on: 2003-11-05 [whois.1stdomain.net] Domain expires: 2007-01-20. [whois.enterprice.net] Date of expiration : 2003-05-28 11:50:58 [whois.stargateinc.com] Expiration: 6/3/2004 [whois.e-names.org] Expires after: Mon Jun 9 23:59:59 2003 [nswhois.domainregistry.com] Expires on..............: 2006-07-24 [whois.bookmyname.com] Expires on 11/26/2007 23:00:00 [whois.domaindiscover.com] [whois.parava.net] [whois.domainzoo.com] /no connection/ [whois.ripn.net] reg-till: 2003.09.20 payed-till: 2003.09.20 paid-till: 2003.09.20 state: Delegated till 2003.10.01