Honda 15 hp what year

Just purchases a new to me honda 15 hp ,short leg,pull start ,,On the identity plate BAAS 1216553,,,BF15A,Seller says its 2001,but on the hood tis written 2006.Tried to find out on google no success,can anyone figure this out for me thks

See: https://www.boats.com/reviews/outboard-expert-model-year/

Honda is like all other outboard companiesnow, in that they switched to a “born on” date to identify the vintage of the motor, but do not list individual model years. So it could be a 2001 design made in 2006, if that makes any sense. I believe they did that in 2006.

This is ... a puzzler, as other 2 other websites show a BF15A as 1999.

Honda model year = https://peparts.honda.com/marine#/serial

But this page has that # ‘BAAS 1216553’ as a 1997! Link = https://www.boats.net/catalog/honda/outboard-by-year/1997/bf15am-sa-vin-baas-1200001-to-baas-1299999