perhaps today is release day?
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2da1141..29cc8c4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-* got 0.1; 2019-??-??
+* got 0.1; 2019-08-09
initial release; see git repository history for changes up to this point