Whois Jargon

[craig]

Can someone put this into plain English and explain exactly what it means in laymans terms?

I have read a couple of attempts on the web elsewhere, but would appreciate the B&B'ers deciphering skills...


NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the
registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring
registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.