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-This article explains the new features in Python 2.4, released in December
-2004.
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.4, released on
+November~30, 2004.
 
 Python 2.4 is a medium-sized release.  It doesn't introduce as many
 changes as the radical Python 2.2, but introduces more features than