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^ would be even more disappointed in CFA if they tested dates.
The exam is supposed to prove that you have enough brain cells to be taught a finance job (or at least thats how I see anyone who passed it). Ability to remember a date, or any value in fact has 0 correlation with how well you do at wok. When you are doing GIPS compliant reports you can open the GIPS and check what you need.
Most people I know with high IQ actually have a below average memory ability. Most likely has to do with the fact that the managed to graduate school by performing well on analytics and BSing their way on other stuff, then they do quant majors in university that do not require memory.
Smart people however tend to have very good short term memory which would allow them store the many parts of a complex problem in order to solve it quickly.