HELP I just do not see on this thread or understand or I am missing something here. 

I created survey field using date picker calendar as described in numerous places to get a date field entered into the survey.

In the data window or creating a filter etc, it is recognized as a text field and not as a date. I need it to be a recognized date not a datetime just a simple mm/dd/yyyy date so that it can be used within qualtrics reports as filter. TIA