NAME Net::Domain::ExpireDate - obtain expiration date of domain names SYNOPSIS use Net::Domain::ExpireDate; $expiration_obj = expire_date( 'microsoft.com' ); $expiration_str = expire_date( 'microsoft.com', '%Y-%m-%d' ); $expiration_obj = expdate_int( $whois_text, 'com' ); $expiration_str = expdate_fmt( $whois_text, 'ru', '%Y-%m-%d' ); ($creation_obj, $expiration_obj) = domain_dates( 'microsoft.com' ); ($creation_str, $expiration_str) = domain_dates( 'microsoft.com', '%Y-%m-%d' ); ($creation_obj, $expiration_obj) = domdates_int( $whois_text, 'com' ); DESCRIPTION Net::Domain::ExpireDate gets WHOIS information of given domain using Net::Whois::Raw and tries to obtain expiration date of domain. Unfortunately there are too many different whois servers which provides whois info in very different formats. Net::Domain::ExpireDate knows more than 40 different formats of expiration date representation provided by different servers (almost all gTLD registrars and some ccTLD registrars are covered). Now obtaining of domain creation date is also supported. "$date" in synopsis is an object of type Time::Piece. Note: some operations need a specific set of LC_TIME locale (en_US). 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' or 'net' TLDs in this function. Also 'org', 'biz', 'info', 'us', 'uk', 'ru' and 'su' TLDs are 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. domain_dates( DOMAIN [,FORMAT] ) Returns list of two values - creation and expiration date of "DOMAIN". Without "FORMAT" argument returns Time::Piece objects. With "FORMAT" argument dates are formatted using "FORMAT" template. See strftime man page for "FORMAT" specification. domdates_int( WHOISTEXT [,TLD] ) Returns list of two values - creation and expiration date of domain extracted from "WHOISTEXT". If no TLD is given 'com' is the default. There is no distinction between 'com' or 'net' TLDs in this function. Also 'org', 'biz', 'info', 'us', 'ru' and 'su' TLDs are suppored. Returns Time::Piece object. AUTHOR Walery Studennikov, SEE ALSO Net::Whois::Raw, Time::Piece.