x/build/internal/task/releaselet: Windows installer for Go 1.21 and newer displays time stamp as part of Go version #60886
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The VERSION file historically contained nothing but the Go version string, and there was no difference in behavior between reading just its first line or the entire file. The Windows installer currently picks the former, and since the VERSION file is extended to include additional metadata as of Go 1.21, it ends up displaying the time stamp as part of the version too:
What it should look like instead
CC @golang/release.
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