SSRS parameter date/time properties

Hello,

I wanted to see if someone could help me with a SSRS parameter issue.

I’m using parameters to create user defined @BeginDate and @EndDate for the report.  I’m formatting the parameter properties as a Date/Time format to get calendar controls in the report.

The problem I’m having is the ‘date field’ in underlying data set is formatted as (char(8), not null). I believe this is causing problems with the Date/Time format in SSRS parameter properties.

The data field would look like this 20500401.

Is there any way that someone could show me how to format my @BeginDate and @EndDate in my dataset query to work with the SSRS parameter properties Date/Time format?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

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