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@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-version 1.6.2 (not yet released)
-================================
+version 1.6.2 (release tag v1.6.2rel)
+=====================================
  * num2date should not fail on an empty integer array (issue #287).
  * longdouble keyword in date2num so that a roundtrip from a time to a date
    and back again does not lose microsecond precision when the units require
    the times be encoded as floating point values (PR #284)
  * added strptime method (issue #277).
+ * cibuildwheel wheel-building workflow added to github actions by @ocefpaf (triggers binary
+   wheel builds and uploads to pypi automatically when GH release created). PR #290.
 
 version 1.6.1 (release tag v1.6.1rel)
 =====================================
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@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Time-handling functionality from netcdf4-python
 
 ## News
 For details on the latest updates, see the [Changelog](https://github.com/Unidata/cftime/blob/master/Changelog).
+ 
+9/18/2022:  Version 1.6.2 released.  strptime method added, fix for num2date failure on
+empty integer array, date2num 'longdouble' keyword added. New wheel building workflow.
 
 6/30/2022:  Version 1.6.1 released.  Fixes for numpy 1.23.0, updated CI/CD.