diff --git a/Doc/README.txt b/Doc/README.txt
index f452c4eb798..457147df7c8 100644
--- a/Doc/README.txt
+++ b/Doc/README.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it
 as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice:
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Python Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 5f48071d19e..1f6b27e8555 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	0
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	3
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION		"3.0a2+"
+#define PY_VERSION		"3.0a3"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index decc253b020..0cfe7fd9e12 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the various releases.
     2.4.4           2.4.3       2006        PSF         yes
     2.5             2.4         2006        PSF         yes
     2.5.1           2.5         2007        PSF         yes
-    2.6             2.5         unreleased  PSF         yes
+    2.6             2.5         2008        PSF         yes
     3.0             2.6         2007        PSF         yes
 
 Footnotes:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly,
 prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python
 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that PSF's
 License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright, i.e., "Copyright (c)
-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Python Software Foundation; 
+2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Python Software Foundation; 
 All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative 
 version prepared by Licensee.
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 1885421d576..941f3e4068e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 What's New in IDLE 3.0a3?
 =========================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
 
 - help() was not paging to the shell.  Issue1650.
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index d6c541db630..fa352a7d54e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a3"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ab36f97e770..08702785594 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Python News
 What's New in Python 3.0a3?
 ===========================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+*Release date: 29-Feb-2008*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/PC/python_nt.rc b/PC/python_nt.rc
index 6fb73b6412f..e132837583f 100644
--- a/PC/python_nt.rc
+++ b/PC/python_nt.rc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Python Core\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion", PYTHON_VERSION
             VALUE "InternalName", "Python DLL\0"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2001-2007 Python Software Foundation. Copyright © 2000 BeOpen.com. Copyright © 1995-2001 CNRI. Copyright © 1991-1995 SMC.\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2001-2008 Python Software Foundation. Copyright © 2000 BeOpen.com. Copyright © 1995-2001 CNRI. Copyright © 1991-1995 SMC.\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", PYTHON_DLL_NAME "\0"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Python\0"
             VALUE "ProductVersion", PYTHON_VERSION
diff --git a/Python/getcopyright.c b/Python/getcopyright.c
index c10aea452c3..df70e8bdf5e 100644
--- a/Python/getcopyright.c
+++ b/Python/getcopyright.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 static char cprt[] = 
 "\
-Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Python Software Foundation.\n\
+Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Python Software Foundation.\n\
 All Rights Reserved.\n\
 \n\
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.\n\
diff --git a/README b/README
index e765d12f523..351df53ec0b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.0 alpha 2
+This is Python version 3.0 alpha 3
 ==================================
 
 For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ should do a "make clean" at the toplevel first.)
 Copyright and License Information
 ---------------------------------
 
-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 
+Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.