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+
+printf -v year '%(%y)T' -1
+printf -v month '%(%m)T' -1
+printf -v day '%(%d)T' -1
+
+version="$year.$month.$day"
+version_underscore="$year\_$month\_$day"
+
+echo "Setting Flatbuffers Version to: $version"
+
+echo "Updating include/flatbuffers/base.h..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(#define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR \).*/\1$year/" \
+  -e "s/\(#define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR \).*/\1$month/" \
+  -e "s/\(#define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION \).*/\1$day/" \
+  include/flatbuffers/base.h
+
+echo "Updating CMake\Version.cmake..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(set(VERSION_MAJOR \).*/\1$year)/" \
+  -e "s/\(set(VERSION_MINOR \).*/\1$month)/" \
+  -e "s/\(set(VERSION_PATCH \).*/\1$day)/" \
+  CMake/Version.cmake
+
+echo "Updating include/flatbuffers/reflection_generated.h..."
+echo "Updating tests/evolution_test/evolution_v1_generated.h..."
+echo "Updating tests/evolution_test/evolution_v1_generated.h..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR == \)[0-9]*\(.*\)/\1$year\2/" \
+  -e "s/\(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR == \)[0-9]*\(.*\)/\1$month\2/" \
+  -e "s/\(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION == \)[0-9]*\(.*\)/\1$day\2/" \
+  include/flatbuffers/reflection_generated.h \
+  tests/evolution_test/evolution_v1_generated.h \
+  tests/evolution_test/evolution_v2_generated.h
+
+echo "Updating java/pom.xml..."
+xmlstarlet edit --inplace -N s=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 \
+  --update '//s:project/s:version' --value $version \
+  java/pom.xml
+
+echo "Updating package.json..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(\"version\": \).*/\1\"$version\",/" \
+  package.json
+
+echo "Updating net/FlatBuffers/Google.FlatBuffers.csproj..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(<PackageVersion>\).*\(<\/PackageVersion>\)/\1$version\2/" \
+  net/FlatBuffers/Google.FlatBuffers.csproj
+
+echo "Updating dart/pubspec.yaml..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(version: \).*/\1$version/" \
+  dart/pubspec.yaml
+
+echo "Updating python/flatbuffers/_version.py..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(__version__ = u\).*/\1\"$version\"/" \
+  python/flatbuffers/_version.py
+
+echo "Updating python/setup.py..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(version='\).*/\1$version',/" \
+  python/setup.py
+
+echo "Updating FlatBuffers.podspec..."
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/\(s.version\s*= \).*/\1'$version'/" \
+  FlatBuffers.podspec
+
+echo "Updating FlatBuffersVersion_X_X_X() version check...."
+grep -rl 'FlatBuffersVersion_' *  --exclude=release.sh | xargs -i@ \
+  sed -i \
+    -e "s/\(FlatBuffersVersion_\).*()/\1$version_underscore()/g" \
+    @
+
+echo "Updating FLATBUFFERS_X_X_X() version check...."
+grep -rl 'FLATBUFFERS_\d*' *  --exclude=release.sh | xargs -i@ \
+  sed -i \
+    -e "s/\(FLATBUFFERS_\)[0-9]\{2\}.*()/\1$version_underscore()/g" \
+    @
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