From 0d636b600de985a05fa84e744273c79e7d3ab57e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey@cleverelephant.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:44:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Version number / news for release 3.12

---
 NEWS.md     | 2 +-
 Version.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 47efeb8a62..306fb4e689 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## Changes in 3.12.0
-xxxx-xx-xx
+2023-06-27
 
 - New things:
   - C++14 is now required.
diff --git a/Version.txt b/Version.txt
index 4dc44d71a1..4c0dbf9585 100644
--- a/Version.txt
+++ b/Version.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GEOS_VERSION_MINOR=12
 GEOS_VERSION_PATCH=0
 
 # OPTIONS: "", "dev", "rc1" etc.
-GEOS_PATCH_WORD=dev
+GEOS_PATCH_WORD=
 
 # GEOS CAPI Versions
 #