[ppml] I have some questions concerning reg dates

[Richard Jimmerson]

> keep coming across Reg Dates which are equal to "0".  There 
> is no Reg Date - just that zero. Does this mean that the date 
> of registration is unknown to ARIN?

Yes.  At the beginning of operations in December of 1997 there 
was some registration data transferred to ARIN that contained
unknown registration dates.

Best Regards,

Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net] On 
> Behalf Of Joe Baptista
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:57 PM
> To: ARIN Public Policy
> Subject: [ppml] I have some questions concerning reg dates
> 
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I'm in the process of parsing the ARIN aup file for legacy 
> networks registered prior to ARIN's incorporation date.  I 
> keep coming across Reg Dates which are equal to "0".  There 
> is no Reg Date - just that zero. Does this mean that the date 
> of registration is unknown to ARIN?
> 
> cheers
> joe baptista
> 
> Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god
> 
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