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 Package: tzdb
 Title: Time Zone Database Information
-Version: 0.2.0.9000
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Davis", "Vaughan", , "davis@rstudio.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Howard", "Hinnant", role = "cph",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# tzdb (development version)
+# tzdb 0.3.0
 
 * Updated the embedded date library
   (SHA 9ea5654c1206e19245dc21d8a2c433e090c8c3f5) (#22).
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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  * We saw 0 new problems
  * We failed to check 0 packages
  
+## 0.3.0 Submission
+
+This minor release of tzdb updates the embedded 'date' library and updates the
+time zone data to 2022a.
+ 
 ## 0.2.0 Submission
 
 This minor release of tzdb updates the embedded 'date' library, fixes