Minor streamlining of BeanPropertyWriter; update release notes
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 08bb5ec..6cb32f2 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #479: NPE on trying to deserialize a `String[]` that contains null
  (reported by huxi@github)
+#482: Make date parsing error behavior consistent with JDK
+ (suggested by Steve S, sanbeg@github)
 
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