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  - Fixed missing semicolons in the core library.
    (reported by Michal Zglinski)
 
+ - Avoid triggering the time-mode plugin exception when there are zero series.
+   (reported by Daniel Rothig, patch by Mark Raymond, issues #1016)
+
 
 ## Flot 0.8.0 ##