diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f586a5363..e77250b29 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@
 - File format 3 (used in version 1.6.0 - 1.7.1) is no longer supported.
 - If the 'taskd.trust' setting contains a bad value, the 'diag' command will
   indicate this, and the 'sync' command will error out.
+- The filter form 'name:value' now maps to the partial match operator '=',
+  rather than the exact match operator, '=='.  This means that dates now
+  match on the day by default, not the time also.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a47dd41a5..82d189e08 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ New Features in taskwarrior 2.4.0
     the urgency values of the dependency chain.
   - Listing breaks now supported.  See 'man taskrc'.
   - New fish shell completion script.
+  - The filter form 'name:value' now maps to the partial match operator '=',
+    rather than the exact match operator, '=='.  This means that dates now
+    match on the day by default, not the time also.
   - Hooks.
 
 New commands in taskwarrior 2.4.0
diff --git a/src/Parser.cpp b/src/Parser.cpp
index 48077bc39..ef1bd829c 100644
--- a/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -978,15 +978,11 @@ void Parser::findAttribute ()
               Tree* branch = (*i)->addBranch (new Tree ("argAtt"));
               branch->attribute ("raw", canonical);
 
+              // The 'name:value' maps to 'name = value', the partial match
+              // operator.
               branch = (*i)->addBranch (new Tree ("argAtt"));
               branch->tag ("OP");
-
-              // All 'project' attributes are partial matches.
-              if (canonical == "project" ||
-                  canonical == "uuid")
-                branch->attribute ("raw", "=");
-              else
-                branch->attribute ("raw", "==");
+              branch->attribute ("raw", "=");
 
               branch = (*i)->addBranch (new Tree ("argAtt"));
               branch->attribute ("raw", value);