APEX IR - Date Filter usage like String columns

If you want to filter date values like this:

Then extend the code to your date columns (inside the region source) like this:
  My date column name is: IMPORT_DATE
  select
  ...
  decode(IMPORT_DATE,null,null,'<!-- ' || to_char ( IMPORT_DATE, 'yyyymmdd' ) || ' -->' || IMPORT_DATE) as IMPORT_DATE
  from
  ...

For more information take a look into this forum thread:
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2346579&start=15&tstart=0