diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 485fe1d77..b93455576 100644
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index e1a1872be..c043624b6 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
+ 35583 - Include a version class, org.apache.poi.Version, to allow easy introspection of the POI version
Allow the cloning of one HSSFCellStyle onto another, including cloning styles from one HSSFWorkbook onto another
45289 - finished support for special comparison operators in COUNTIF
45126 - Avoid generating multiple NamedRanges with the same name, which Excel dislikes
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index b6cb13dad..a12e6dd7f 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ 35583 - Include a version class, org.apache.poi.Version, to allow easy introspection of the POI version
Allow the cloning of one HSSFCellStyle onto another, including cloning styles from one HSSFWorkbook onto another
45289 - finished support for special comparison operators in COUNTIF
45126 - Avoid generating multiple NamedRanges with the same name, which Excel dislikes
diff --git a/src/resources/version/Version.java.template b/src/resources/version/Version.java.template
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+++ b/src/resources/version/Version.java.template
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi;
+
+/**
+ * Administrative class to keep track of the version number of the
+ * POI release.
+ *
+ * This class implements the upcoming standard of having
+ * org.apache.project-name.Version.getVersion() be a standard
+ * way to get version information.
+ */
+public class Version {
+ private static final String VERSION_STRING = "@VERSION@";
+ private static final String RELEASE_DATE = "@DSTAMP@";
+
+ /**
+ * Return the basic version string, of the form
+ * nn.nn(.nn)
+ */
+ public static String getVersion() {
+ return VERSION_STRING;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the date of the release / build
+ */
+ public static String getReleaseDate() {
+ return RELEASE_DATE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Name of product: POI
+ */
+ public static String getProduct() {
+ return "POI";
+ }
+ /**
+ * Implementation Language: Java
+ */
+ public static String getImplementationLanguage() {
+ return "Java";
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Prints the version to the command line
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ System.out.println(
+ "Apache " + getProduct() + " " +
+ getVersion() + " (" + getReleaseDate() + ")"
+ );
+ }
+}