Domain name registration organizations keep records of the registration dates for each domain. In addition, the relevant information is often indicated on the sites themselves. Anyone can get acquainted with it.
Instructions
Step 1
Having entered the site you are interested in, pay attention to the inscription located at the bottom of the page. It may look, for example, like this: (C) 2001 - 2012 The team of site authors. The disadvantage of this simplest method is the impossibility of determining the date of the site's foundation with an accuracy of one day.
Step 2
If you are using a Linux operating system, start a terminal emulator and enter the following command: whois url.website. In response, you will receive information about when and to whom the site was registered, as well as which organization performed the registration. Pay attention to the data block of the following form: created: 2008.07.03paid-till: 2012.07.03free-date: 2012.08.03. The first line of this block characterizes the date of site registration, the second - the date until which the domain service was paid, and the third - the date release of the domain in case of non-payment of the renewal fee. If the fee is paid by the owner of the resource, the last two dates will be postponed for several more years. Note that all three dates are in US format: first the year, then the month, and then the day.
Step 3
The whois program is not included with the Windows operating system. If you prefer this OS, download the whois client for it from the following site: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/whois_this_domain.html This program has a graphical interface, but when prompted, displays domain information in the same format, as the whois utility for Linux.
Step 4
Local whois clients do not work if port 43 is closed. In addition, there are no such programs for some operating systems, especially mobile ones. Then an online client will come to the rescue, which requires nothing but a browser to use. To use it, go to the following website: https://www.whois-service.ru/ Enter in the field on the page the domain name, the registration date of which you want to know, and then click on the red arrow located to the right of this field.
