EU Domain Release Dates

May 1, 2007 by Michele Neylon

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)

About 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.