diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 38fc6b347f..7296b0a3a5 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.8.0 released on Tue Feb 12 18:09:07 CST 2008
+HDF5 version 1.8.0 released on Tue Feb 12 20:41:19 CST 2008
 Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index d87a5c8450..8502a0f48e 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.8.0 released on Tue Feb 12 18:09:07 CST 2008
+HDF5 version 1.8.0 released on Tue Feb 12 20:41:19 CST 2008
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 INTRODUCTION