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 1. Custom binary operators from the `lubridate` package now work with objects of class `IDate` as with a `Date` subclass, [#6839](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6839). Thanks @emallickhossain for the report and @aitap for the fix.
 
+## NOTES
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+1. Continued work to remove non-API C functions, [#6180](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6180). Thanks Ivan Krylov for the PRs and for writing a clear and concise guide about the R API: https://aitap.codeberg.page/R-api/.
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 # data.table [v1.17.0](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/34)  (20 Feb 2025)
 
 ## POTENTIALLY BREAKING CHANGES
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 4. The translations submitted for 1.16.0 are now actually shipped with the package -- our deepest apologies to the translators for the omission. We have added a CI check to ensure that the .mo binaries which get shipped with the package are always up-to-date.
 
-2. Continued work to remove non-API C functions, [#6180](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6180). Thanks Ivan Krylov for the PRs and for writing a clear and concise guide about the R API: https://aitap.codeberg.page/R-api/.
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 # data.table [v1.16.0](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/30)  (25 August 2024)
 
 ## BREAKING CHANGES