From 76e161dc2d70f2d3e0b908e756d62be91bb72c41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:50:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] version 9.8

* NEWS: Record release date.
---
 NEWS | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d618a0bdda..0efb08675d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 9.8 (2025-09-22) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
-- 
2.47.3