Date Variable Display

[rsmithy]

I have  "Let"  two date variables in the load script:
vMinOvertimeMonth    12/1/2020,   44166
vMaxOvertimeMonth   12/1/2021,   44531

To be sure they are really dates I check with these:
if(istext(vMinOvertimeMonth),'string','Date') returns Date
if(istext(vMaxOvertimeMonth),'string','Date') returns Date

The date format  is:  SET DateFormat='M/D/YYYY';

In a table the variables display as :

• vMinOvertimeMonth     12/1/2020
• vMaxOvertimeMonth     44531
• =date(vMinOvertimeMonth,'YYYY-MMM-DD')      2020-Dec-01
• =date(vMaxOvertimeMonth,'YYYY-MMM-DD')     2021-Dec-01
• =$(vMinOvertimeMonth)     .0059
• =$(vMaxOvertimeMonth)    44531

I am curious why the display is not consistent for the two variables.

Variables are created here:

MaxOvertimeMonth:
LOAD
max(DATE#(myDate,'MM/DD/YYYY')) as maxMnth
FROM [$(OVERTIME)] (qvd);
Let vMaxOvertimeMonth = peek('maxMnth',0,'MaxOvertimeMonth');
Let vMinOvertimeMonth = addyears(vMaxOvertimeMonth,-1);

[rsmithy]

It would be nice if there is a way to force QS to evaluate the date part (string or number) you want to be working with:

vMinOvertimeMonth.string()    or  vMinOvertimeMonth.num()