LabVIEW 2012: compareTimestamps using "Comparison Express VI"

Hi,
I am using LabVIEW 2012 try to compare two timestamps data using "Comparison Express VI"
When set "Items to Compare" to Timestamps and try to connect timestamp to the input of the VI, I got a broken wire.
How to use the "Comparison Express VI" to compare Timestamps?
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Amr

This question brings up an interesting point. NI has said that internally a timestamp value carries time data (the number do seconds since the "beginning of time") in two forms: A DBL floating point version and a U32 integer version. Now if you use the equals comparison operator to compare two values, which version gets compared, float or integer?
Or to put it another way, is it safe to test equality between two timestamps?
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