Is it generally important to eat an odd number of dates?

I'm aware of this hadith relating to Eid al-Fitr (see: Is it sunnah to eat dates before going to eid al-Fithr prayer?):

Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates. -- Sahih al-Bukhari 953 (sunnah.com)

And, on one occasion (unrelated to Eid al-Fitr), two Muslim friends from Algeria told me it was better to eat an odd number of dates. I've been trying to eat only odd numbers of dates ever since (except when I eat 0 dates). Hence:

Question: Is it generally important to eat an odd number of dates?

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