Date Prompts Issue using Calender and Presentation Variables

Hi All,
This is what the requirement is...
I need to create a two prompts (from_date and to_date) on a date column so that I can filter the data using a between condition. This is how I am doing
I have created two prompts (edited the formula) and passing the values to two presentation variables var_from and var_to. And in the report I am limiting the request on the using between operartor for both the presentation variable. Everything is working fine but the issue is that I need to display var_from and var_to in my report also.
I am referencing both the variables as '@{var_from}' and '@{var_to}' but I am getting both the columns as blank. I am really not sure why I am getting blank values for both these columns only when I am able to filter my report successfully on the basis of date values in the prompts ...
Just to metion ..in my database I have values in the format m/d/yyyy only. Hence I am able to use the calender successfully
Any help on this would be much appreciated...
Thanks
-Ronny

Ronny,
Are you seeing blanks in answers ? Id expect this, but on the dashboard, when you set the filters , you should see the values coming through?
You can extend the syntax of the pres variable and provide a default value, so when working in answers you can see what it looks like,
something like @{var_from}{'01-Jan-2010'}
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