release dates
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 6fb668e..78f8718 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-What's New in IDLE 1.1a0?
+What's New in IDLE 1.1a1?
=========================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2004*
+*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
- Redirect the warning stream to the shell during the ScriptBinding check of
user code and format the warning similarly to an exception for both that
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b79c848..409627e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 1?
=================================
-*Release date: DD-MMM-YYYY*
+*Release date: 08-JUL-2004*
Core and builtins
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