C question about bitmasks in datetime.c

I see a few cases of this code in src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c:
   else if ((fmask & DTK_DATE_M) != DTK_DATE_M)

Wouldn't this be clearer as:
   else if (fmask & DTK_DATE_M)

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