BUILD: last release inadvertently prepended a "+" in front of the date

No impact.
diff --git a/VERDATE b/VERDATE
index 4ddbe04..f897dc8 100644
--- a/VERDATE
+++ b/VERDATE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-+$Format:%ci$
+$Format:%ci$
 2013/12/17