Why add 時点 to a (year / month / day) date?


In a document about a new business service, I noticed that 時点 was suddenly
added to a date. Here is the context:

> 2000年10月に _AAA_ サービスを開始した。 2001年2月19日 **時点** で、2500万人のユーザーと、194万箇所の加盟店をもつ。

**時点** is not needed, but it adds an _emphasis_ on that date? Like an
exclamation mark?  
A few other parts of this doc sound strange to me and maybe this is a bad
translation from the English original?

Not a big deal but that type of **時点** after a year / month / day date would
never be necessary, and is there to provide emphasis?




It is similar to ["As of"](https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/as-of) i.e.
on a particular date. I think the author wants to state what it is like of the
service on the particular date.

I mean they want to compare how widespread service is between its start and
the particular date using 時点. (i.e. At the duration of Period : "2000年10月 -
2001年2月19日", the service was used by 2500万人のユーザーと、194万箇所の加盟店).




It is similar to ["As of"](https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/as-of) i.e.
on a particular date. I think the author wants to state what it is like of the
service on the particular date.

I mean they want to compare how widespread service is between its start and
the particular date using 時点. (i.e. At the duration of Period : "2000年10月 -
2001年2月19日", the service was used by 2500万人のユーザーと、194万箇所の加盟店).

