Date Format in OBIEE

Hi All,
I am using OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1 with informix db. While extracting data from the db, it has all the date field as "YYYY/MM". And While executing the report I am getting an error as *"[nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 46046] Datetime value 1994/02 does not match the specified format. (HY000)"*. I have checked the data type for the particular field which is "Date" type.
Any Suggestion?
Thanks in Advance,
Deepak.

actually i got like this type of format . i have done this format. but i want comparision like
i have column like month id yyyymm
i would like to give filter condition . i need data last 13 month values.
CAST(YEAR(CURRENT_DATE) AS CHAR)||CAST(MONTH(CURRENT_DATE) AS CHAR) it gives current date
CAST(YEAR(TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH,-12,CURRENT_DATE)) AS CHAR)||CAST(MONTH(TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH,-12,CURRENT_DATE)) AS CHAR) this one give last 1 2 month value
i need data b/n values. how can i achive this. big challenge to me. could u give any suggestion to me. urgent requirement. if u get. forward to mail [email protected]
regards
sivanagireddy.k

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