Thank you for the info!  This worked for me as well.  I appreciate the help!

Just wondering if you had any success with this?  I am facing the same issue.

Hi All,Can anyone point me to documentation on how the out-of-the-box asset expiration/deactivation works in AEM 6.1?  I'd like to understand a few things:What triggers the deactivation; an event, a workflow, something else?  I ask in part because I've found some of our assets with expiration dates ...