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', 'cz', 'info',
        'us', 'uk', 'ru' and 'su' TLDs are supported. 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', 'cz', 'info', 'us', 'ru' and 'su' TLDs are
        supported. Returns Time::Piece object.

AUTHOR
    Walery Studennikov, <despair@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
    Net::Whois::Raw, Time::Piece.

