Specifying Request Variable's Date Format in LTS Content Filter

All,
We are trying to use a Dashboard prompt to set a request variable (session) to filter a logical table source. When I use either a DATE or TIMESTAMP format and default it properly in the Initialization Block the filter works properly. As soon as I change the value by using the prompt, it tries to compare the base column to the value of the variable in the following manner:
SOURCE_COLUMN = REQUEST_VARIABLE
DATE: HIER_DATE = '2010-02-03'
TIMESTAMP: HIER_DATE = '2010-02-03 12:15:45'
As soon as I try to insert the conversion functions TIMESTAMP or DATE, which work fine if I do the filter in the Answers report itself, it won't compile correctly, ex:
SOURCE_COLUMN = DATE REQUEST_VARIABLE
SOURCE_COLUMN = TIMESTAMP REQUEST_VARIABLE
Anyone know of a workaround or if I'm doing something wrong here? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance,
Josh

eejimkos,
We're using a request variable, not a presentation to be exact; we have tried both drop down and calendar - neither work. I'm not quite sure what you're asking about the target data. It is a different column in the same table; we're trying to filter a hierarchy down using the effective_to and effective_from dates with < and > respectively. Finally, our nls language default date format is set as 'DD-MON-YY", which is the way we want it, but for some reason when using the variable it's coming through as 'YYYY-MM-DD' if the base column is of type DATE and 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS' if it's TIMESTAMP.
Thanks,
Josh

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