Expiration date and time for the message have passed error when you try to update meetings

  • Article
  • Applies to:
    Outlook 2013, Microsoft Outlook 2010

Original KB number:   3091334

Symptoms

When you try to update a meeting in Microsoft Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013, you receive the following error message:

The expiration date and time for the message have passed. Do you still want to send it?

Screenshot of expiration date and time error details.

Note

Select Yes does not actually send a meeting update.

Cause

This issue occurs when the Expires After option has been enabled for the meeting.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

  1. Open the meeting.

  2. Select File.

  3. Select Properties.

  4. Clear the Expires After check box, or change the expiration date.

    Screenshot of the Expires After check box.

  5. Select Close.

More information

The Expires After setting is managed by the following registry settings.

Note

You can also set an expiration date on an individual item. In that situation, there may be no registry data involved.

  • In Outlook, this registry setting is controlled by the Mark messages as expired after this many days option. To change this setting, follow these steps:

    1. On the File menu in Outlook, click Options.

    2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Mail.

    3. Scroll down to Send Messages pane, and then clear the Mark messages as expired after this many days setting.

      Screenshot of the clear the Mark messages as expired after this many days setting check box.

  • Without Group Policy:

    Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\Options\General
    DWORD: NumDaysExpire
    Value: 0-3652

  • With Group Policy:

    Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\Options\General
    DWORD: NumDaysExpire
    Value: 0-3652

Note

The x.0 placeholder represents your version of Office (15.0 = Office 2013, 14.0 = Office 2010).