Change field type in Custom properties

truly appreciate your help. last thing, when i search from todays date until end, all articles show up. how can i fix that?

Which 'Date search mode' are you using?
Event or Standard?

event

You should maybe consider:

Date Range Search: Standard Mode

Starting from Custom Properties 2.1 a more conventional date range search is available. It retrieves only the articles whose ''Created date' is comprised between a given 'start date' and 'end date'. This function is controlled by parameter [Use 'Event mode' to search by date] in CP config.
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