diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 041269a..7b673de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.24 — The future
------------------
+1.24 — 2020 July 20
+-------------------
 
 * Added methods :meth:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale.from_datetime()` and
   :meth:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale.from_datetimes()` to the
   :class:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale` class, to better advertise the
-  ability to build a Skyfield time from a Python datetime — an ability
+  ability to build a Skyfield time from a Python ``datetime`` — an ability
   that was previously overloaded into the ``year`` parameter of the
   :meth:`~skyfield.timelib.Timescale.utc()` method (where it is still
   supported for backwards compatibility, but no longer documented).
diff --git a/skyfield/__init__.py b/skyfield/__init__.py
index 3421fa1..1460126 100644
--- a/skyfield/__init__.py
+++ b/skyfield/__init__.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ functions and classes there.  See the ``documentation`` directory inside
 the source code, as well as the http://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/ site!
 
 """
-VERSION = (1, 23)
+VERSION = (1, 24)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))