Is minified code easier to read? No. It’s the same with regular language; shorter sentences are not always more comprehensible.
The likelihood an American will read something decreases with each word written.
Seriously: We hate reading. The fewer words the better.
Yes, I'm serious and I say that as a fellow American. We are not literate.
So use as few words as possible and a date. Honestly we could probably do without the words, just the date.