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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ New in spot 2.1.2.dev (not yet released)
 
   Nothing yet.
 
-New in spot 2.1.2 (2014-10-14)
+New in spot 2.1.2 (2016-10-14)
 
   Command-line tools: