On 24 Oct 2021, at 8:58 PM, b...@theworld.com wrote:
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> Perhaps silly but am I the only one with an ARIN POC RegDate of
> 1970-01-01? I've been in that db a long time but not quite that long.
Indeed Barry… As pointed out earlier, that’s what is displayed for 32-bits of
zero – which means that value was never set for the POC (a better display
string would be probably be “UNKNOWN”)
On creation, the overwhelming majority of POCs (and Orgs) were set to the date
of issuance of their corresponding network record, but this did not happen in
100% of the cases (e.g. when the appropriate value was unclear due to multiple
records.) If anyone has a similar issue, please feel free to contact the ARIN
Helpdesk and we’ll research and correct the data asap.
> Does it matter? I have no idea what the correct date might be so
> the instructions to correct don't help.
We believe the correct date should be the same as the same as the date
presently on your Org record and your first network issue date (03-26-1990 in
this case). It’s possible that your “nic handle" existed prior and was used
with another network and was subsequently displaced by another POC on the
network - if that was case, we would not have able to associate the earlier
date with your POC automatically.
> If I needed that info I'd consult the ARIN DB but I guess not.
Check tomorrow… it will be updated per above.
> I guess I'm wondering if it's just their temporary DB glitch so I
> should ignore it.
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> The rest of the info is perfect beyond my wildest dreams.
Good to hear - Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers
