Date format in BEx

dear all,
i have a rather simple but puzzling question on my mind regarding date format in BEx reporting.
here's the problem... in SU01 the date format for my users are MM/DD/YYYY.
So for example, a variable in my BEx report, will only accept this value "03/2007" (month/year)
question is,
what settings can i make to allow different date formats for both 03/2007 and as well as 03.2007. Note the slash (/) and decimal (.)

Hi SCHT,
In SU3 make the properties for date as MM.DD.YYYY and then log-off and retry.
Bye
Dinesh

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