{"id":2669,"date":"2013-04-26T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/04\/26\/release-dates\/"},"modified":"2013-04-26T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T15:21:34","slug":"release-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/release-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Drupal 8 release dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Drupal 8 release dates article. This article will give you news on when specific milestones are scheduled in the development process.<\/p>\n<h2>Past release dates<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fafad2; border: 1px #D3D3D3 solid; border-radius: 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Development Phase &#8211; December 1, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Feature Freeze &#8211; December 1 2012 &#8211; April 1 2013<\/li>\n<li>Code Freeze &#8211; April 1, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha release &#8211; May 20,2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 2 Released &#8211;  June 24, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 3 Released &#8211;  September 4, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 4 Released &#8211;  October 18, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 5 Released &#8211;  November 19, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 6 Released &#8211;  November 22, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 7 Released &#8211;  December 18, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 8 Released &#8211;  January 22, 2014 <\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 9 Released &#8211;  February 19, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 10 Released &#8211;  March19, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 11 Released &#8211;  April 23, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 13 Released &#8211;  May 28, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 13 Released &#8211;  July 8, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 14 Released &#8211;  August 6, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Alpha 15 Released &#8211;  September 19, 2014<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:red\">BETA!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 1 Released &#8211;  October 1, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 2 Released &#8211;  October 15, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 3 Released &#8211;  November 12, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 4 Released &#8211;  December 17, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 6 Released &#8211;  January 28, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 7 Released &#8211;  February 25, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 9 Released &#8211;  March 25, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 10 Released &#8211;  April 29, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 11 Released &#8211;  May 27, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 12 Released &#8211;  June 29, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 13 Released &#8211;  July 22, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 14 Released &#8211;  August 3, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 15 Released &#8211;  September 4, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 Beta 16 Released &#8211;  October 2, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:red\">RELEASE CANDIDATES!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 RC 1 Released &#8211;  October 7, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 RC 1 Released &#8211;  October 21, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 RC 1 Released &#8211;  November 4, 2015 &#8211; Download <a href=\"https:\/\/drupal.org\/node\/3060\/release?api_version%5B%5D=7234\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> !<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<h2>Current release dates<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fafad2; border: 1px #D3D3D3 solid; border-radius: 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ANNOUNCED!<\/strong> Drupal 8 Official Release! &#8211; Novenber 19, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Drupal 8 release dates article. 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