From d06ac212e1df248c09ce74adfe35b8548416f0c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Cruikshanks <alan.cruikshanks@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 14:18:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add example effective date to a standard

---
 standards/java_coding_standards.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/standards/java_coding_standards.md b/standards/java_coding_standards.md
index 22789be..68b06b8 100644
--- a/standards/java_coding_standards.md
+++ b/standards/java_coding_standards.md
@@ -263,3 +263,7 @@ Other javadocs tags can be used as required.
 - Both multi-line (`\* */`) and single line (`//`) comments may be used
 
 - Comments within the method body should, wherever possible, be restricted to single line comments
+
+## Status
+
+This standard was formally adopted on 20 Feb 2021.