Am I missing something?

Hey guys,

I think something is off.. there is a domain I want to register so I checked it and it said it was taken so I did a whois and look what came up.

Domain Registration Date: Thu Apr 18 19:39:37 GMT+00:00 2002
Domain Expiration Date: Tue Apr 17 23:59:59 GMT+00:00 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Thu Apr 18 19:39:46 GMT+00:00 2002

Now correct me if i'm wrong but april has passed... right? And this is the year 2007? It just doesn't make sense.. I don't know if i'm missing anything or what? It's like that at every whois I checked on multiple sites. It also said the site is inactive.

Anybody care to clear this up for me?

Thanks

 

It's expired and waiting for the registrar to do something. That something's up
to the registrar.

 

Domains does not drop as soon as they expire there is redemption period and deleting periods , the owner can renew it , the registrar can give them to a snapping service on these periods.

 

whats a domain name ... recheck domain by using different services: http://www.allwhois.com

 

Yea I know they don't drop just like that but I didn't know they could get over a month a two to decide what they wanna do with it. It just seems odd?

As I said before it's the same in all of them but thanks anyway.