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How to read an as-of date

Last checked 6 November 2026 · 8 sources

Short answer

An as-of date tells you when a record last reflected reality. It is not the date the event happened and not the date it takes effect. India's National Judicial Data Grid shows a Last Updated date on its pending case dashboard ¹. UK bill listings carry a last updated date and time ². A UK Act can take effect on Royal Assent or later under a commencement order ³. Always note three dates: the event, its effect and the record's update.

India court data: Last Updated 14 October 2026 on the NJDG dashboard, read 6 November 2026 ¹
UK bills: Last updated date and time on each listing ²
UK Act in force: From midnight at the start of the day of Royal Assent, if no other date applies ³
UK Supreme Court July 2026 permission table: Page metadata dated 24 August 2026, no date shown on the page ⁴
UK strike off: Struck off 2 months after the first Gazette notice ⁵

Three dates to separate

These three dates can be weeks apart. A report that mixes them can be wrong even when each fact in it is true. The examples below come from official systems.

Event date: when the court ruled, the House voted or the company filed.
Effective date: when the decision, law or status takes legal effect.
As-of or last updated date: when the record you are reading was last refreshed.

Court records

India's National Judicial Data Grid for District Courts reports pending and disposed cases. When read on 6 November 2026, its dashboard showed a Last Updated date of 14 October 2026 ¹. Figures on that dashboard describe the courts on that date, not on the day you read them.

The UK Supreme Court publishes permission to appeal decisions by month. The table for July 2026 decisions shows no publication date on the page, and its page metadata gives 24 August 2026 ⁴. Most rows give their own decision date ⁴. Cite the decision date for the decision, not the publication date.

Coverage dates matter too. Find Case Law holds judgments from 2001 onwards and does not include decisions that were never written down ⁶. An empty search result is not proof that no decision exists.

Bill records

The UK Parliamentary Bills site shows each bill's next stage with a last updated date and time ². A stage shown there is the stage as of that update.

Passing Parliament and being in force are separate dates. Royal Assent makes a bill an Act. Provisions can take effect at once, after a set period, or only when a minister makes a commencement order. Without one, the Act takes effect from midnight at the start of the day of Royal Assent ³.

Company records

A UK company that applies to strike off is not removed on the day it applies. Companies House publishes a notice in The Gazette, and the company is struck off after the 2 months in the notice if no one objects ⁵. During that time the record still shows the company.

In Australia, ASIC notices of intended deregistration stay on its published notices website even if ASIC stops the deregistration ⁷. An old notice is not proof of the current status. Check the register itself.

Project and aggregate records

Counts change daily. A World Bank projects query on 6 November 2026 returned 2,666 Active and 700 Pipeline records ⁸. A figure like this needs the date of the query next to it.

When you quote any count, give the period it covers and the date of the release or query. If two sources give different figures, show both with their dates.

Common questions

What is the difference between last updated and effective date?

Last updated is when the record was refreshed. The effective date is when the decision or law takes effect. A UK Act can take effect on Royal Assent or later under a commencement order ³.

Why does a court dashboard show an older date than today?

The dashboard shows the date of its last update. India's NJDG showed a Last Updated date of 14 October 2026 when read on 6 November 2026 ¹.

Does a strike-off notice mean the company is gone?

Not yet. In the UK the company is struck off after the 2 months in the Gazette notice if no one objects ⁵.

Is an old deregistration notice proof that a company was removed?

No. ASIC says its notices stay on its website even if it stops the deregistration ⁷.

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Sources

How to check the current status of a public matter
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Bill stages compared: UK, US and EU
How a bill moves through the UK Parliament, the US Congress and the EU ordinary legislative procedure, and what each stage label on a tracker means.
Company status terms compared
What active, dormant, in administration, liquidation, struck off, dissolved and deregistered mean on company registers in the UK, Australia and the US.
Development bank project status explained
What pipeline, active, closed and dropped mean on World Bank project records, how they map to the project cycle, and which documents confirm each stage.