Variable in Prompts instead of a Date column

Hi,
How do I create a presentation variable of type date to use it in the prompt? I do not want to use the date column, but use a variable to pass the start date and end date. This is because, I have two views in a report. Both the views accept different date columns as input. Can someone please guide me here to solve this issue?
Thank You,
AK

Hi,
I was able to pass values to two different views from the date prompt. The only issue I have is with the filter.
This is what I have in the filter:
VariableExpr = myPresentationVariableName
default = valueof(myRepositoryVariableName)
The report runs fine, but I see errors when I click on 'Results' tab in Answers. The errors say, "Expecting datetime value but got valueof(myRepositoryVariableName)"
I even tried to Cast it to date which says CAST(valueof(myRepositoryVariableName) AS DATE). But it did not work.
Am I missing anything here? The errors appear only in Results tab of Answers. When the report is run through the dashboard, it runs just fine.
Thank You,
AK

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