Merge pull request #376 from Unidata/v1.6.5rel

prepare for 1.6.5 release.

Author: jswhit

Changelog

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-version 1.6.5 (not yet released)
-================================
+version 1.6.5 (release tag v1.6.5rel)
+=====================================
+* python 3.14 wheels, 3.8/3.9 support dropped.
 * roundtrip not correct when dates are all python datetime
   instances and calendar not proleptic_gregorian (issue #354).
 * fix cftime.datetime.strftime so it works with two digit year
   formatting (%y, issue #362).
-* remove python 3.8 support.
 * speed up comparisions (using __richcmp___) and update docs. Issue #365.
 
 version 1.6.4 (release tag v1.6.4rel)

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Time-handling functionality from netcdf4-python
 ## News
 For details on the latest updates, see the [Changelog](https://github.com/Unidata/cftime/blob/master/Changelog).
 
+10/13/2025:  Version 1.6.5 release.  Minor bugfixes/optimizations, wheels for python 3.14, no more wheels for 3.8/3.9.
+
 6/7/2024:  Version 1.6.4 release.  Wheels for muslinux and aarch64, numpy 2.0 compatibility. 
 
 10/20/2023:  Version 1.6.3 released.  Support for python 3.12, cython 3.0, strptime formats without separators.