@SK53 I think I have more or less reconciled myself to check_date, Everydoor also uses it.
I had my doubts originally as it feels a little odd to have this kind of metadata in the tags. But I have found it has significant practical benefits when trying to systematically survey an area. I now realise that in the past I had been repeatedly visually confirming some shops while ignoring others. Even the side of the street I tend to walk down turned out to be more biased than I thought!