How can I filter a date of a DateTimeField in Django?

I am trying to filter a DateTimeField comparing with a date. I mean:

MyObject.objects.filter(datetime_attr=datetime.date(2009,8,22))

I get an empty queryset list as an answer because (I think) I am not considering time, but I want “any time”.

Is there an easy way in Django for doing this?

I have the time in the datetime setted, it is not 00:00.