[lettergram]

I doubt that helps. For instance, this is from 2016, had you read it before?

I’m simply suggesting it because I don’t think it adds anything to the conversation. In addition, I’ve seen this being added more often lately and I worry it makes people think it’s date relevant (as I did) or that it somehow provides less value due to some time delay.

[city41]

Another reason is it’s possible the same author writes an update or new article on the same topic. The year helps disambiguate that.