When updating an R package version, should you update the licence year too?

I recently tried to find an authoritative source on whether to use the current date or a range when asserting copyright (I also mentioned this in the related thread Package's annual maintenance - #2 by jdblischak). I found lots of conflicting advice online. I've always used date ranges, but more and more I see only the current date. As a concrete example, the footer on the GitHub website only states "2024"

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