# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1156561965 0
# Node ID 3cbefe88edc6bdd97532b6aaf2b186e4151e34ac
# Parent  393babcaa877b30bc5c538cd412a3665f4331290
[project @ 2006-08-26 03:12:04 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-08-25  Alexander Barth  <abarth@marine.usf.edu>
+
+	* time/datenum.m: Allow arg to be character string.
+
 2006-08-25  David Bateman <dbateman@free.fr>
 
 	* pkg/pkg.m (install): Verify that package name correponds to the
diff --git a/scripts/time/datenum.m b/scripts/time/datenum.m
--- a/scripts/time/datenum.m
+++ b/scripts/time/datenum.m
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@
     if (nargin < 2)
       M = [];
     endif
-    error ("string form of dates not yet supported");
-    ## [Y, M, D, h, m, s] = datevec (Y, M);
+    [Y, M, D, h, m, s] = datevec (Y, M);
   else
     if (nargin < 6) s = 0; endif
     if (nargin < 5) m = 0; endif
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-08-25  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* version.h (OCTAVE_VERSION): Now 2.9.8+.
+
 2006-08-24  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* version.h (OCTAVE_VERSION): Now 2.9.8.
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #if !defined (octave_version_h)
 #define octave_version_h 1
 
-#define OCTAVE_VERSION "2.9.8"
+#define OCTAVE_VERSION "2.9.8+"
 
 #define OCTAVE_API_VERSION "api-v21"