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diff --git a/dateutils.changes b/dateutils.changes
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--- a/dateutils.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  3 12:18:04 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
+
+- bump version 0.1.8, this is a bug fix release.
+  * A bit fiddling bug gave erroneous results in `dconv now'.
+  * Furtherly, date expressions (for dgrep et al.) can now be
+    arbitrarily joined with conjunctions (&&) and disjunctions (||)
+    as well as negations (!). 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 27 16:02:57 UTC 2011 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/dateutils.spec b/dateutils.spec
index 33939ca..48ef5b4 100644
--- a/dateutils.spec
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 #
 
 Name:           dateutils
-Version:        0.1.7
+Version:        0.1.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Nifty command line date and time utilities
 License:        BSD-3-Clause