# How long for DNS to Update?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-for-dns-to-update/35647>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-for-dns-to-update/35647 "2003-11-16T14:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-long-for-dns-to-update/35647/1 "2003-11-16T14:43:00Z")

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How long does it usually take for the DNS to update? I bought a new domain thursday night ([t6sqd.com](http://t6sqd.com)) and it _still_ isn’t up Ⓜ

do weekends count? or is it a computer program? what exactly does the DNS do?