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[BUG]: Changelog date seems wrong (2025?)

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Description

Required prerequisites
What version (or hash if on master) of pybind11 are you using?

2.12.0

Problem description

The date in the changelog has the wrong year?

Version 2.12.0 (March 27, 2025)

Reproducible example code
https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/blob/master/docs/changelog.rst#version-2120-march-27-2025

Also on the readthedocs website

Maybe a time-machine related mishap?
Is this a regression? Put the last known working version here if it is.

Not a regression

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Research direction

Open docs/changelog.rst and locate the Version 2.12.0 heading with the March 27, 2025 date. Verify the intended release date, update the displayed year, and check the corresponding Read the Docs rendering to confirm the changelog is corrected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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