if ( is_array($scope) ) {
                //This is an array, let's split it up
                $date_start = strtotime($scope[0]);
                $date_end = strtotime($scope[1]);
                if( !empty($date_start) && empty($date_end) ){
                    //do a from till infinity
                    if( get_option('dbem_events_current_are_past') && $wp_query->query_vars['post_type'] != 'event-recurring' ){
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_start_ts', 'value' => $date_start, 'compare' => '>=' );
                    } else {
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_end_ts', 'value' => $date_start, 'compare' => '>=' );
                    }
                }elseif( empty($date_start) && !empty($date_end) ){
                    //do past till $date_end
                    if( get_option('dbem_events_current_are_past') && $wp_query->query_vars['post_type'] != 'event-recurring' ){
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_start_ts', 'value' => $date_end, 'compare' => '<' );
                    }else{
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_end_ts', 'value' => $date_end, 'compare' => '<' );
                    }
                }else{
                    //date range
                    if( get_option('dbem_events_current_are_past') && $wp_query->query_vars['post_type'] != 'event-recurring' ){
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_start_ts', 'value' => array($date_start,$date_end), 'type' => 'numeric', 'compare' => 'BETWEEN');
                    } else {
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_start_ts', 'value' => $date_end, 'compare' => '<=' );
                        $query[] = array( 'key' => '_end_ts', 'value' => $date_start, 'compare' => '>=' );
                    }
                }
            } elseif ( preg_match ( "/^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$/", $scope ) ) {