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 Package: sdtm.oak
 Type: Package
 Title: SDTM Data Transformation Engine
-Version: 0.0.0.9002
+Version: 0.0.0.9003
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Rammprasad", "Ganapathy", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "ganapathy.rammprasad@gene.com"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# sdtm.oak 0.0.0.9003 (development version)
+
+## New Features
+
+* New function: `assign_datetime()` for deriving an ISO8601 date-time variable.
+
 # sdtm.oak 0.0.0.9002 (development version)
 
 ## New Features