diff --git a/app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php b/app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php
index c401034af..c6a55b714 100644
--- a/app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php
+++ b/app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ public function getSearchableAttributes(): array {
         'type' => $type,
         'label' => (__d('field', $column) ?? Inflector::humanize($column))
       ];
+
+      // For the date fields we search ranges
+      if($type === 'timestamp') {
+        $this->searchFilters[$column]['alias'][] = $column . '_starts_at';
+        $this->searchFilters[$column]['alias'][] = $column . '_ends_at';
+      }
     }
 
     return $this->searchFilters ?? [];
@@ -60,14 +66,14 @@ public function getSearchableAttributes(): array {
    * Build a query where() clause for the configured attribute.
    *
    * @param   \Cake\ORM\Query  $query      Cake ORM Query object
-   * @param   string|array     $attribute  Attribute to filter on (database name)
-   * @param   string           $q          Value to filter on
+   * @param   string           $attribute  Attribute to filter on (database name)
+   * @param   string|array     $q          Value to filter on
    *
    * @return \Cake\ORM\Query            Cake ORM Query object
    * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
    */
   
-  public function whereFilter(\Cake\ORM\Query $query, string|array $attribute, string $q): object {
+  public function whereFilter(\Cake\ORM\Query $query, string $attribute, string|array $q): object {
     // not a permitted attribute
     if(empty($this->searchFilters[$attribute])) {
       return $query;
@@ -83,9 +89,29 @@ public function whereFilter(\Cake\ORM\Query $query, string|array $attribute, str
     } elseif(in_array($this->searchFilters[$attribute]['type'], $search_types, true)) {
       return $query->where([$attribute => $search]);
     } elseif( $this->searchFilters[$attribute]['type'] == "timestamp") {
-      return $query->where(function (\Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression $exp, \Cake\ORM\Query $query) use ($attribute, $search) {
-        return $exp->between($attribute, $search[0], $search[1]);
-      });
+      // Date between dates
+      if(!empty($search[0])
+         && !empty($search[1])) {
+        return $query->where(function (\Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression $exp, \Cake\ORM\Query $query) use ($attribute, $search) {
+          return $exp->between($attribute, $search[0], $search[1]);
+        });
+        // The starts at is non empty. So the data should be greater than the starts_at date
+      } elseif(!empty($search[0])
+        && empty($search[1])) {
+        return $query->where(function (\Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression $exp, \Cake\ORM\Query $query) use ($attribute, $search) {
+          return $exp->gte($attribute, $search[0]);
+        });
+        // The ends at is non-empty. So the data should be less than the ends at date
+      } elseif(!empty($search[1])
+        && empty($search[0])) {
+        return $query->where(function (\Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression $exp, \Cake\ORM\Query $query) use ($attribute, $search) {
+          return $exp->lte($attribute, $search[1]);
+        });
+      } else {
+        // We return everything
+        return $query;
+      }
+
     }
 
     // String values
diff --git a/app/templates/Standard/index.php b/app/templates/Standard/index.php
index a828e16e1..5ed37a01d 100644
--- a/app/templates/Standard/index.php
+++ b/app/templates/Standard/index.php
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function _column_key($modelsName, $c, $tz=null) {
               break;
             case 'datetime':
   // XXX dates can be rendered as eg $entity->created->format(DATE_RFC850);
-              print $this->Time->nice($entity->$col, $vv_tz) . $suffix;
+              print !empty($entity->$col) ? $this->Time->nice($entity->$col, $vv_tz) . $suffix : "";
               break;
             case 'enum':
               if($entity->$col) {
diff --git a/app/templates/element/filter.php b/app/templates/element/filter.php
index 6ca492da8..f40fcad5b 100644
--- a/app/templates/element/filter.php
+++ b/app/templates/element/filter.php
@@ -24,16 +24,48 @@
  * @since         COmanage Registry v5.0.0
  * @license       Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
  */
+use Cake\Collection\Collection;
+use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
+
 
 // $this->name = Models
 $modelsName = $this->name;
 // $modelName = Model
-$modelName = \Cake\Utility\Inflector::singularize($modelsName);
+$modelName = Inflector::singularize($modelsName);
 
 // Get the query string and separate the search params from the non-search params
 $query = $this->request->getQueryParams();
-$non_search_params = array_diff_key($query, $vv_searchable_attributes);
-$search_params = array_intersect_key($query, $vv_searchable_attributes);
+// Search attributes collection
+$search_attributes_collection = new Collection($vv_searchable_attributes);
+$alias_params = $search_attributes_collection->filter(fn ($val, $attr) => (is_array($val) && array_key_exists('alias', $val)) )
+                                             ->extract('alias')
+                                             ->unfold()
+                                             ->toArray();
+// For the non search params we need to search the alias params as well
+$searchable_parameters = [
+  ...array_keys($vv_searchable_attributes),
+  ...$alias_params
+  ];
+$non_search_params = (new Collection($query))->filter( fn($value, $key) => !in_array($key, $searchable_parameters) )
+                                             ->toArray();
+
+// Filter the search params and take params with aliases into consideration
+$search_params = [];
+foreach ($vv_searchable_attributes as $attr => $value) {
+  if(isset($query[$attr])) {
+    $search_params[$attr] = $query[$attr];
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  if(isset($value['alias'])
+     && is_array($value['alias'])) {
+    foreach ($value['alias'] as $alias_key) {
+      if(isset($query[$alias_key])) {
+        $search_params[$attr][$alias_key] = $query[$alias_key];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 // Begin the form
 print $this->Form->create(null, [
@@ -61,7 +93,6 @@
       <em class="material-icons">search</em>
       <?= __d('operation', 'filter'); ?>
 
-
       <?php if(!empty($search_params)):?>
         <span id="top-filters-active-filters">
         <?php foreach($search_params as $key => $params): ?>
@@ -74,16 +105,18 @@
 
             // The populated variables are in plural while the column names are singular
             // Convention: It is a prerequisite that the vvar should be the plural of the column name
-            $populated_vvar = Cake\Utility\Inflector::pluralize($key);
-            $pvalue = isset($$populated_vvar) ? $$populated_vvar[ $search_params[$key] ] : $search_params[$key];
+            $populated_vvar = Inflector::pluralize($key);
+            $button_label = isset($$populated_vvar) ?
+              $$populated_vvar[ $search_params[$key] ] :
+              (is_array($search_params[$key]) ? 'Range' : $search_params[$key]);
           ?>
           <button class="top-filters-active-filter deletebutton spin btn btn-default btn-sm" type="button" aria-controls="<?php print $aria_controls; ?>" title="<?= __d('operation', 'clear.filters',[2]); ?>">
              <em class="material-icons">cancel</em>
              <span class="top-filters-active-filter-title">
-               <?= $vv_searchable_attributes[$key]['label']; ?>
+               <?= $vv_searchable_attributes[$key]['label'] ?>
              </span>
              <span class="top-filters-active-filter-value">
-               <?= filter_var($pvalue, FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS); ?>
+               <?= filter_var($button_label, FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS); ?>
              </span>
           </button>
         <?php endforeach; ?>
@@ -97,7 +130,7 @@
       <button class="cm-toggle nospin" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="top-filters-fields" type="button"><em class="material-icons drop-arrow">arrow_drop_down</em></button>
     </legend>
     <div id="top-filters-fields">
-      <div id="top-filters-fields-subgroups">
+      <div class="top-filters-fields-subgroups">
       <?php
         $field_booleans_columns = [];
         $field_datetime_columns = [];
@@ -120,7 +153,7 @@
 
           // The populated variables are in plural while the column names are singular
           // Convention: It is a prerequisite that the vvar should be the plural of the column name
-          $populated_vvar = Cake\Utility\Inflector::pluralize($key);
+          $populated_vvar = Inflector::pluralize($key);
           if(isset($$populated_vvar)) {
             // If we have an AutoViewVar matching the name of this key,
             // convert to a select
@@ -134,11 +167,11 @@
         }
       ?>
       </div>
-      <?php if(!empty($field_booleans_columns)): ?>
+      <?php if(!empty($field_datetime_columns)): ?>
       <?php foreach($field_datetime_columns as $key => $options): ?>
          <div class="input">
-           <div class="top-search-date-label"><?= Cake\Utility\Inflector::humanize($key) ?></div>
-              <div id="top-filters-fields-subgroups">
+           <div class="top-search-date-label"><?= Inflector::humanize($key) ?></div>
+              <div class="top-filters-fields-subgroups">
               <!--     Start at       -->
               <div class="top-search-date-fields">
                   <div class="d-flex">
@@ -149,14 +182,16 @@
                   $starts_field = $key . "_starts_at";
                   $coptions['class'] = 'form-control datepicker';
                   $coptions['label'] = 'Starts at:';
-                  $coptions['placeholder'] = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'; // TODO: test for date-only inputs and send only the date
+                  $coptions['required'] = false;
+                  $coptions['placeholder'] = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS';
                   $coptions['id'] = $starts_field;
 
                   $pickerDate = '';
                   if(!empty($query[$starts_field])) {
+                    $starts_date = \Cake\I18n\FrozenTime::parse($query[$starts_field]);
                     // Adjust the time back to the user's timezone
-                    $coptions['value'] = $query[$starts_field]->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", $this->get('vv_tz'));
-                    $pickerDate = $query[$starts_field]->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", $this->get('vv_tz'));
+                    $coptions['value'] = $starts_date->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", $this->get('vv_tz'));
+                    $pickerDate = $starts_date->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", $this->get('vv_tz'));
                   }
 
                   $date_args = [
@@ -178,15 +213,17 @@
                   // accessibility purposes.
                   $ends_field = $key . "_ends_at";
                   $coptions['class'] = 'form-control datepicker';
-                  $coptions['label'] = 'Ends at:';
+                  $coptions['required'] = false;
                   $coptions['placeholder'] = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'; // TODO: test for date-only inputs and send only the date
+                  $coptions['label'] = 'Ends at:';
                   $coptions['id'] = $ends_field;
 
                   $pickerDate = '';
                   if(!empty($query[$ends_field])) {
                     // Adjust the time back to the user's timezone
-                    $coptions['value'] = $query[$ends_field]->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", $this->get('vv_tz'));
-                    $pickerDate = $query[$ends_field]->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", $this->get('vv_tz'));
+                    $ends_date = \Cake\I18n\FrozenTime::parse($query[$ends_field]);
+                    $coptions['value'] = $ends_date->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", $this->get('vv_tz'));
+                    $pickerDate = $ends_date->i18nFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", $this->get('vv_tz'));
                   }
 
                   $date_args = [
@@ -215,7 +252,8 @@
                   print $this->Form->checkbox($key, [
                     'class' => 'form-check-input',
                     'checked' => $query[$key] ?? 0,
-                    'hiddenField' => false
+                    'hiddenField' => false,
+                    'required' => false
                   ]);
                 ?>
               </div>
diff --git a/app/webroot/css/co-responsive.css b/app/webroot/css/co-responsive.css
index b80bc40d0..e036179b3 100644
--- a/app/webroot/css/co-responsive.css
+++ b/app/webroot/css/co-responsive.css
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
   /* TOP SEARCH */
-  #top-filters-fields-subgroups {
+  .top-filters-fields-subgroups {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
     column-gap: 1em;