Brujah, I completely understand and its goofy. I've seen both the CREATION DATE and EXPIRATION date move... annoyingly I've seen different results shown in different WHOIS searches. Namely, TUCOWS had one expiration date, and NetSol had another.
I had to depend on the WHOIS record of the registrar it was with of course. SnapNames helped make the whole thing a non-issue though, as I got the domain. ExpireFish had it already registered, but we went over to SnapNames and grabbed it up real easy.
Right now, I'm not going to say what the name is, but again, I'm looking to register a dropping domain who's creation date changed to the date I first looked it up! How odd was that? It expires in November, but as a bogified record, I'm hoping it might drop sooner. Considering all the Verisign complaints though, I FEAR getting names and having them taken from me now, especially when records go awry.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/internet/network_solutions.htm
In all cases, I'm not sure what if anything to do that will make a difference and not waste my time.
~ EroGenius