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 .. _whatsnew_100:
 
-What's new in 1.0.0 (??)
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+What's new in 1.0.0 (January 29, 2020)
+--------------------------------------
 
 These are the changes in pandas 1.0.0. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
 including other versions of pandas.