Date control in Dashboard prompt??

Hi All:
I am using dashboard prompt to filters date. And I am using Between operator. When I give same date in from and to date then it does not work. If I give one day after to date then it shows ok dates. Like
From Date: '28-12-2007'
to_date: '28-12-2007'
It should show the record of '28-12-2007'(Record exist against that date). But when i give to date: 29-12-2007 then it shows the records of 28-12-2007's date. can any body know what could the problem. Thanks
Ali

Ahh, do you have dates stored as Timestamps in your database or do you just have dates without timestamps. The only way i can think of to overcome your problem is to convert them as chars in the filter rather than dates. Unfortunately, BI EE appends TIMESTAMP clause to all its date prompt values even if you have some other format as system-wide default.
Thanks,
Venkat
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