# BIND 9 9.16 — lifecycle date releaseDate is now 2020-02-12

For BIND 9 9.16, product is bind-9; field changed is releaseDate; new value is 2020-02-12; detected is 2026-09-16, recorded from its source on 2026-09-16; source re-checked 2026-10-26.

- **Product:** bind-9
- **Product label:** BIND 9
- **Release cycle:** 9.16 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Field changed:** releaseDate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **New value:** 2020-02-12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Detected:** 2026-09-16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> {"name":"9.16","codename":null,"label":"9.16 (LTS)","releaseDate":"2020-02-12"

## Source

- https://endoflife.date/api/v1/products/bind-9

Last verified: 2026-10-26. Review by: 2026-11-09.
Part of [Software end-of-life date changes — which dates moved and what they were before](https://referencesource.org/software-eol-change-feed/).