I have a prompt that allows the user to input a date used to generate a report. The date is used to find records.

* date is **on** MM/DD/YY
* date is before MM/DD/YY
* date is after MM/DD/YY
* date is between MM/DD/YY and MM/DD/YY

My question is for the first prompt. The word **on** doesn't seem correct to me, and using the phrase *is equal to* sounds to technical.

What would be the best way to write "date is on MM/DD/YY".

NOTE: I can not remove the third word. So "date is MM/DD/YY" is not an option, because "on/before/after" are part of a drop down selection. See sample image below.

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