diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 856f59a96..9ab7dbc63 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <!ENTITY version "6.4-rc1">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 6, 2009">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 6, 2008">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2008"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.0">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "6.4-rc1"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->