Filter on dates don't work with 'date less than now'

I have a view that should select all nodes with an event date less than 'now' (I'm not using the event module). It works fine if I select any date equal to or greater than, but if I select less than in the filter the value of 'now' turns from today's date into '0001-01-01'. It was working in the prior version. I have upgraded to the Dev version from Nov 19 and cleared the cache and it still is not working. I'm sorry that I am not a programmer or I would try to help investigate it further.




Here is the export of the view and the query :

$view = new view;
$view->name = 'Past_Block';
$view->description = 'Past Events Block';
$view->tag = '';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
  'name' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'link_to_taxonomy' => 1,
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'name',
    'table' => 'term_data',
    'field' => 'name',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Override',
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('sorts', array(
  'field_event_date_value' => array(
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'id' => 'field_event_date_value',
    'table' => 'node_data_field_event_date',
    'field' => 'field_event_date_value',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
  'field_event_date_value2' => array(
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'id' => 'field_event_date_value2',
    'table' => 'node_data_field_event_date',
    'field' => 'field_event_date_value2',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('filters', array(
  'type' => array(
    'operator' => 'in',
    'value' => array(
      'event' => 'event',
    ),
    'group' => '0',
    'exposed' => FALSE,
    'expose' => array(
      'operator' => FALSE,
      'label' => '',
    ),
    'id' => 'type',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'type',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Override',
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
  'date_filter' => array(
    'operator' => '<',
    'value' => array(
      'value' => NULL,
      'min' => NULL,
      'max' => NULL,
      'default_date' => 'now',
      'default_to_date' => '',
    ),
    'group' => '0',
    'exposed' => FALSE,
    'expose' => array(
      'operator' => FALSE,
      'label' => '',
    ),
    'date_fields' => array(
      'node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value' => 'node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value',
      'node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value2' => 'node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value2',
    ),
    'date_method' => 'AND',
    'granularity' => 'day',
    'form_type' => 'date_select',
    'default_date' => 'now',
    'default_to_date' => '',
    'id' => 'date_filter',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'date_filter',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Override',
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('title', 'Past Events');
$handler->override_option('header_format', '2');
$handler->override_option('header_empty', 0);
$handler->override_option('use_ajax', TRUE);
$handler->override_option('items_per_page', 0);
$handler->override_option('style_plugin', 'list');
$handler->override_option('style_options', array(
  'grouping' => '',
  'type' => 'ul',
));
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);

SELECT node.nid AS nid,
   node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value AS node_data_field_event_date_field_event_date_value,
   node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value2 AS node_data_field_event_date_field_event_date_value2,
   term_data.name AS term_data_name,
   term_data.vid AS term_data_vid,
   term_data.tid AS term_data_tid
 FROM node node 
 LEFT JOIN content_type_event node_data_field_event_date ON node.vid = node_data_field_event_date.vid
 LEFT JOIN term_node term_node ON node.vid = term_node.vid
 LEFT JOIN term_data term_data ON term_node.tid = term_data.tid
 WHERE (node.type in ('event'))
    AND ((DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value, '%Y-%m-%dT%T'), '%Y-%m-%d') < '0001-01-01') AND (DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(node_data_field_event_date.field_event_date_value2, '%Y-%m-%dT%T'), '%Y-%m-%d') < '0001-01-01'))
   ORDER BY node_data_field_event_date_field_event_date_value DESC, node_data_field_event_date_field_event_date_value DESC