Why is it important to have the date that it was produced shown on a report?

Answer 1

because if some sort of unfortunate event occured and to prove ur side you need a date u have it rite there.

and for organizational purposes

Answer 2

Rhetorical purposes.

Answer 3

what if you had an idea or conclusion no one had before? you'd like proof, before someone else tries to sell your results as their own. date the dern documents.

Answer 4

to prevent duplicates