Why date as characteristic/Key figure

Hi,
I need a real reason why does one choose to add date as KF or Characteristic ?
I understand that Date KF shows the no. of days since 01.01.0001 to the present day.
But when I do reporting - I do not see the same. (using BeX)
Can you please explain a bit more.
Cheers
Kiran

there is s difference in the reporting...
if your date is characteristics, then you can create variables, etc,,,that means all the properties for characteristics is applicable for the same...
incase the date is KF, then properties of KF is applicable to date, e.g calculate the date difference, etc...
Hope this is clear..
Cheers
Chanda

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