Trying to compare date columns with differing formats...

I have an app that created a series of tables via ODBC using ANSI standard datatypes. For most, this isn't a problem, but one in particular is driving me crazy: TIMESTAMP. In Oracle, it shows up as a TIMESTAMP(6). I don't want to mess with the app's tables, so every time there is an insert to their tables, I have a trigger which creates records in corresponding tables I build using standard Oracle datatypes (DATE).
I have one function that gets called by several of the triggers that retrieves me a specific row to update, and it uses the value from this TIMESTAMP field in the WHERE clause like this (the value is passed into the function as a parmeter):
SELECT TIMECARD_ID INTO tc_id FROM TS_TIMECARD_MAIN
WHERE EMP_ID = e_id AND VEHICLE_ID = v_id
AND IN_TIME <= logout AND OUT_TIME IS NULL; <----
I seem to have a formatting issue, because unless the "logout" date is a full day later than IN_TIME, it doesn't pull the record (my code does a check to verify there is only one record matching the criteria but I haven't posted it all here for simplicity). I need it to be able to select the correct record with a one second difference.
I have NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT set to 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24.MI.SS.FF' and NLS_DATE_FORMAT set to 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'. The relevant describes are included below. Can anyone suggest how to format my query (I expect to use the TO_DATE and TO_CHAR to compensate, but haven't found the right set) so that it resolves properly? Date math is a pain, but it is critical to my purposes.
Vendor's table
FIELD3_DATETIME TIMESTAMP(6)
My table
TIMECARD_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
EMP_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
IN_TIME DATE
OUT_TIME DATE
VEHICLE_ID NUMBER(10)
Also, some sample default output from each table - not sure why formatting is wierd on my table.
Vendor's table
UNIQKEY STATUS FORM_ID VEHICLE_NUMBER CREATED_DATETIME
11515780978071234994451 0 21423 24005 28-JUN-06 05.10.14.000000 PM
CHECK_DVIR NEW_DVIR SERVICEABLE DETAILS
1 1 1 everything ok
INSPECTION_TIME ODOMETER LATITUDE LONGITUDE
28-JUN-06 05.12.12.000000 PM 119885.1 44.7889490425587 -95.2167677879333
My table
TIMECARD_ID EMP_ID IN_TIME OUT_TIME VEHICLE_ID
5 20044 28-JUN-06 24005

That sounds a bit complicated. If you post your query I'm sure there will be a simpler approach, perhaps something like
where date_timestamp between cast(sysdate -30 as timestamp) and systimestampor if you prefer
where date_timestamp between systimestamp - interval '30' day and systimestampas discussed on Re: convert timestamp to date.

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