.cl WHOIS Lookup
.cl is the country-code extension of Chile, administered by NIC Chile. Look up a .cl address and see what the record contains.
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Your IP address 216.73.216.31
.cl WHOIS Lookup: Records Held by NIC Chile
.cl is the country-code extension of Chile, delegated into the root zone on 15 December 1987 and operated by NIC Chile at the University of Chile. Queries are answered by whois.nic.cl on port 43, and in our measurement on 12 August 2026 the reply carried seven fields. The extension has no registered RDAP endpoint, so port 43 is the only channel for registration data, and the zone carries a DS record in the root.
The two dates in the reply, creation and expiry, are written down to the second and end with a time zone abbreviation. In the record we measured that abbreviation was CLST, so the values were in Chilean local time rather than UTC. The difference looks small but can change an answer: when the expiry moment falls near midnight, assuming UTC shifts the day forward or back. Carry the abbreviation along whenever you note a .cl date or move it into another system.
On the identity side the registrant's name and organisation arrive openly, and the registrar's name and web address are in the reply as well. There is no email line at all — for contact about a domain the registry points to its own web page instead. Our result screen fills four fields: the domain name, the registrar, the registrant and the name servers. The dates are read in the tab holding the registry's raw reply, so run a .cl lookup and compare the two views. For a different record layout on the same continent, see .br WHOIS lookup; for another date-format trap, .pt WHOIS lookup.
About the .cl extension
- Extension
- .cl
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.cl
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- NIC Chile, at the University of Chile
- Delegated
- 15 December 1987
- Measured field count
- 7 fields (12 August 2026)
- Date format
- Down to the second with a local time abbreviation: 2002-10-22 17:48:23 CLST
- Contact
- No email line in the reply; the registry points to its own web page
WHOIS FAQ
What does the CLST abbreviation in a .cl record mean?
It shows that the date is written in Chilean local time. In the record we measured, both the creation and the expiry line ended with that abbreviation. Having it there is good news: you do not have to guess which clock the timestamp refers to. Confusion arises only when a reader ignores the abbreviation and takes the value for UTC, and such a reading shifts the hours and sometimes the day.
Why does the .cl expiry date include a time of day?
Because the registry keeps the date to the second rather than to the day. In the record we measured, the expiry value carried hours, minutes and seconds. The practical benefit is knowing exactly when a term runs out; a date given only as a day leaves it open whether the boundary is the start or the end of that day. For anyone building a renewal calendar, that detail is worth having.
Does a .cl WHOIS lookup show the registrant?
It does. In the 12 August 2026 measurement the reply gave the registrant's name and organisation on separate lines, and the registrar's name and web address were present too. The masking practice that settled across generic extensions does not cover country extensions, which is why the identity side stays open here. Our result screen fills the registrant field from that data.
Why is there no contact email in a .cl record?
The registry offers a route instead of an address. The notice at the end of the reply we measured stated that contact with the parties behind a domain should go through the registry's own web page. This is a common approach that makes harvesting email addresses harder. The upshot is that you cannot write to anyone directly from the record; contact is made through the registry's interface.
Can an RDAP query be made in the .cl extension?
It cannot. In our measurement on 12 August 2026 IANA's bootstrap list carried no RDAP address for .cl. The single channel for registration data is the server on port 43. RDAP becoming the authoritative source for generic extensions does not bind country extensions; each national registry decides its own channel, and many of them continue with plain-text WHOIS.
How does an available .cl name look in a lookup?
As a reply without record lines. In our measurement a name that was not registered drew no registrant or date lines from the server, and the result screen marked it as available. Results that look available are cached for five minutes and registered ones for six hours. The short window exists so that a name taken moments ago does not keep appearing free.