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Document date-based VS Code Insiders targeting#10057

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Summary

Document how extension authors can append a date tag in YYYYMMDD format to engines.vscode when targeting an Insiders build.

The new example explains that ^1.56.0-20210428 targets VS Code 1.56 or later builds created on or after April 28, 2021.

Also correct the corresponding VS Code 1.57 release note, which incorrectly identifies April 28, 2021 as April 28, 2020.

Closes #5815

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  • Ran git diff --check.
  • Compared the documented syntax and behavior with the VS Code 1.57 release notes.

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Pull request overview

This pull request updates the VS Code extension publishing docs to explain how extension authors can target Insiders builds using a date tag in engines.vscode, and fixes a year typo in the VS Code 1.57 release notes example.

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  • Correct the year in the VS Code 1.57 release notes example from 2020 to 2021.
  • Document date-tagged engines.vscode syntax (for example, ^1.56.0-20210428) in the extension publishing guide.

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release-notes/v1_57.md Fixes the example’s stated date to match 20210428 (April 28, 2021).
api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension.md Adds guidance for targeting Insiders builds by build date using a YYYYMMDD tag in engines.vscode.

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Document the ability to specify the date of a version for engines.vscode

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