diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
index fbd429d1e..00cdf1c04 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Block.php
@@ -1140,7 +1140,17 @@ EOT;
                     $column = CcFilesPeer::getTableMap()->getColumnByPhpName(self::$criteria2PeerMap[$spCriteria]);
                     // if the column is timestamp, convert it into UTC
                     if ($column->getType() == PropelColumnTypes::TIMESTAMP) {
-                        $spCriteriaValue = Application_Common_DateHelper::ConvertToUtcDateTimeString($criteria['value']);
+                        /* Check if only a date was supplied and trim
+                         * the time after it is converted to UTC time
+                         */
+                        if (strlen($criteria['value']) <= 10) {
+                            //extract date only from timestamp in db
+                            $spCriteria = 'date('.$spCriteria.')';
+                            $spCriteriaValue = Application_Common_DateHelper::ConvertToUtcDateTimeString($criteria['value']);
+                            $spCriteriaValue = substr($spCriteriaValue, 0, 10);
+                        } else {
+                            $spCriteriaValue = Application_Common_DateHelper::ConvertToUtcDateTimeString($criteria['value']);
+                        }
                     } else if($spCriteria == "bit_rate") {
                         // multiply 1000 because we store only number value
                         // e.g 192kps is stored as 192000