gh-92240 : Include release dates for "What's New In Python 3.X" (#92937)

Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>

9 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
index 5816380..103a72f 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 2.5.  The final release of
 Python 2.5 is scheduled for August 2006; :pep:`356` describes the planned
-release schedule.
+release schedule.  Python 2.5 was released on September 19, 2006.
 
 The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and library
 improvements. The library enhancements will be more important to Python's user
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index b6174a1..08a7c58 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
    This saves the maintainer some effort going through the SVN logs
    when researching a change.
 
-This article explains the new features in Python 2.6, released on October 1
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.6, released on October 1,
 2008.  The release schedule is described in :pep:`361`.
 
 The major theme of Python 2.6 is preparing the migration path to
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 880958d..4da3507 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.0, compared to 2.6.
 Python 3.0, also known as "Python 3000" or "Py3K", is the first ever
-*intentionally backwards incompatible* Python release.  There are more
-changes than in a typical release, and more that are important for all
-Python users.  Nevertheless, after digesting the changes, you'll find
+*intentionally backwards incompatible* Python release. Python 3.0 was released on December 3, 2008.
+There are more changes than in a typical release, and more that are important for all
+Python users. Nevertheless, after digesting the changes, you'll find
 that Python really hasn't changed all that much -- by and large, we're
 mostly fixing well-known annoyances and warts, and removing a lot of
 old cruft.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
index f1e6d0c..3d89b97 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.1, compared to 3.0.
+Python 3.1 was released on June 27, 2009.
 
 
 PEP 372: Ordered Dictionaries
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index f93523a..1f2e2a8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.10, compared to 3.9.
-
+Python 3.10 was released on October 4, 2021.
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
 Summary -- Release highlights
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index ec01a70..15f8672 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
    This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the SVN log
    when researching a change.
 
-This article explains the new features in Python 3.2 as compared to 3.1.  It
+This article explains the new features in Python 3.2 as compared to 3.1.
+Python 3.2 was released on February 20, 2011. It
 focuses on a few highlights and gives a few examples.  For full details, see the
 `Misc/NEWS
 <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/076ca6c3c8df3030307e548d9be792ce3c1c6eea/Misc/NEWS>`_
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index c2f78f1..9e8d6fe 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 :Editor: Raymond Hettinger
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.8, compared to 3.7.
+Python 3.8 was released on October 14, 2019.
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
 .. testsetup::
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index 6dee55e..6deaede 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.9, compared to 3.8.
-Python 3.9 was released on October 5th, 2020.
+Python 3.9 was released on October 5, 2020.
 
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-18-23-58-26.gh-issue-92240.bHvYiz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-18-23-58-26.gh-issue-92240.bHvYiz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b2a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-18-23-58-26.gh-issue-92240.bHvYiz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added release dates for

+"What's New in Python 3.X" for 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.8 and 3.10