# Certificate expiry date

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-expiry-date/116931>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 21, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-expiry-date/116931 "2020-03-21T09:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Henri83](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/henri83/32/50896_2.png) [@Henri83](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Henri83)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-expiry-date/116931/1 "2020-03-21T09:51:03Z")

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I received mail from LetsEncrypt Expiry bot telling me:  
Your certificate (or certificates) for the names listed below ([hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr) and [www.hgouraud.fr](http://www.hgouraud.fr)) will expire in 10 days (on 31 Mar 20 09:29 +0000). Please make sure to renew your certificate before then, or visitors to your website will encounter errors.

Certbot tells me that the expiry date is 2020-06-02 08:53:22+00

Which should I believe  
Thanks,  
Henri

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My domain is: [hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr)

I ran this command: certbot certificates

It produced this output: Found the following certs:  
Certificate Name: [hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr)  
Domains: [hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr)  
Expiry Date: 2020-06-02 08:53:22+00:00 (VALID: 72 days)  
Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hgouraud.fr/fullchain.pem  
Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/hgouraud.fr/privkey.pem

My web server is (include version):  
Server version: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)  
Server built: 2019-10-13T15:43:54

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):  
Linux vps265730 4.9.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) x86\_64 GNU/Linux

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: OVH

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know): yes

I’m using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel): no

The version of my client is (e.g. output of `certbot --version` or `certbot-auto --version` if you’re using Certbot): certbot 0.28.0

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**Author:** ![JuergenAuer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/juergenauer/32/26491_2.png) [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-expiry-date/116931/2 "2020-03-21T09:55:35Z")

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Hi @Henri83

read the exact output:

> [@Henri83](#):
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> Your certificate (or certificates) for the names listed below ([hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr) and [www.hgouraud.fr](http://www.hgouraud.fr)) will expire in 10 days (on 31 Mar 20 09:29 +0000).

Two domain names.

> [@Henri83](#):
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> Certificate Name: [hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr)  
> Domains: [hgouraud.fr](http://hgouraud.fr)  
> Expiry Date: 2020-06-02 08:53:22+00:00 (VALID: 72 days)

One domain name.

So the certificate with two domain names isn't listed.

If you don't use that certificate -\> read the link shared in the mail.

> **[Expiration Emails - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/expiration-emails/)**
>
> Subscribing If you provide an email address to Let’s Encrypt when you create your account, we’ll do our best to automatically send you expiry notices when your certificate is coming up for renewal. We try to send the first notice at 20...

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-expiry-date/116931/3 "2020-04-20T09:55:36Z")

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Closed on April 20, 2020, 9:55am UTC

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