data arguments are not working as expected in Hive - hive

Question

I am passing data parameters to hive script, but it's not working.
SET yrmonth=concat(substr(to_date(${hiveconf:runningdate}),1,4),substr(to_date(${hiveconf:runningdate}),6,2));
SET fom=TRUNC(${hiveconf:runningdate},'MONTH');
SET lom=LAST_DAY(${hiveconf:runningdate});
USE cust_db;
SELECT saleid,podid,pname
FROM product
WHERE productln_yrmo=${hiveconf:yrmonth};
--productln_yrmo is int column
SELECT cid,cname,cloc
FROM customer
WHERE customer_createddt >='${hiveconf:fom}'
AND customer_createddt <='${hiveconf:lom}'
AND cloc = 'AUS';
--customer_createddt is date column
hive -hiveconf runningdate='2016-05-18' -f cust.hql

Answer 1

from your query, 'customer_createddt' seems to be DATE type since you have used with '<=' and '>=' operators to get the range of values between 'fom' and 'lom'. I guess lexicographic comparison for date range works fine perfectly . But, not sure when table DDL created with a partition on 'customer_createddt' column.
So please give a try casting string to date ( also please post your table DDL for more clarity)
SELECT cid,cname,cloc
FROM customer
WHERE customer_createddt >=CAST(${hiveconf:fom} AS DATE)
AND customer_createddt <=CAST(${hiveconf:lom} AS DATE)
AND cloc = 'AUS';