ItemUpdating event - Properties.AfterProperties["MyDate"] vs Properties.ListItem["MyDate"]

Hi there,

In my ItemUpdating event I need to check if the MyDate column has changed.

if (p.AfterProperties["MyDate"].Equals(p.ListItem["MyDate"]) == false)
{
 //Date has changed 
}

But this comparison is always false even if the date is not changed. The reason is - AfterProperties["MyDate"] outputs a simple date format - while - ListItem["MyDate"] outputs many lines of data for exactly same date.

How to get these two to output date in same format so comparison can be made?

Thanks so much.