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// ACF Date Listing Function for AnywhereElementor
function event_listing_filter_function($date_args){
	$date_args = array(
	        'post_type'   => 'event',
	        'meta_key' => 'event_date',
	        'posts_per_page' => -1,
	        'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
	        'order' => 'ASC',
	        'meta_query'=> array(
	            array(
	              'key' => 'event_date',
	              'compare' => '>=',
	              'value' => date("Y-m-d"),
	              'type' => 'DATE'
	            )
	        ),
	    );
			return $date_args;
}
add_filter('event_listing_filter', 'event_listing_filter_function');