Domain drops on April 15. The date is different depending on where you live.?????????

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Gatorade, Apr 14, 2007.

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    Let's say a domain is scheduled to be dropped on April 15. How do I know exactly when I can register it, I mean people are in different time zones. It might be April 15 here and still April 14 on the other side of the world. I'm a little confused here.:confused:
     
    Gatorade, Apr 14, 2007 IP
  2. 8everything

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    I agree.. this is confusing. What I would do is look up the DNS for their location and follow their timezone.
     
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    It's also confusing for me too! I haven't actually tried to pick up any expired names though, but was looking into it.
     
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  4. ScottFish

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    .com/net drop at 11am WestCoast time, 2PM EastCoast and it usually lasts an hour or so...but it's longer if there are more names dropping on any given day.

    I do know that .in names drop at 1pm PST too :) (not sure about other cctlds)
     
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  5. Dave Zan

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    .Com is EST since the VeriSign COM NET Registry is in Virginia. You can look up
    any of those free online time converters to find out the difference.

    It's DST right now, though. :D
     
    Dave Zan, Apr 15, 2007 IP