diff --git a/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx b/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
index f5d82c8..06ef0d6 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/query/BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls.tsx
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const BasicAndAdvancedQueryControls = forwardRef((props: BasicAndAdvancedQueryCo
    {
       // todo - sometimes i want contains instead of equals on strings (client.name, for example...)
       let defaultOperator = field?.possibleValueSourceName ? QCriteriaOperator.IN : QCriteriaOperator.EQUALS;
-      if (field?.type == QFieldType.DATE_TIME || field?.type == QFieldType.DATE)
+      if (field?.type == QFieldType.DATE_TIME)
       {
          defaultOperator = QCriteriaOperator.GREATER_THAN;
       }
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/query/EvaluatedExpression.tsx b/src/qqq/components/query/EvaluatedExpression.tsx
index 23c3065..17126e3 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/query/EvaluatedExpression.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/query/EvaluatedExpression.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function EvaluatedExpression({field, expression}: EvaluatedExpressionProp
       return () => clearInterval(interval);
    }, []);
 
-   return <>{`${evaluateExpression(timeForEvaluations, field, expression)}`}</>;
+   return <span style={{fontVariantNumeric: "tabular-nums"}}>{`${evaluateExpression(timeForEvaluations, field, expression)}`}</span>;
 }
 
 const HOUR_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/widgets/blocks/UpOrDownNumberBlock.tsx b/src/qqq/components/widgets/blocks/UpOrDownNumberBlock.tsx
index 20e0106..68e6490 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/widgets/blocks/UpOrDownNumberBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/widgets/blocks/UpOrDownNumberBlock.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default function UpOrDownNumberBlock({widgetMetaData, data}: StandardBloc
 
    return (
       <>
-         <div style={{display: "flex", flexDirection: data.styles.isStacked ? "column" : "row", alignItems: data.styles.isStacked ? "flex-end" : "baseline"}}>
+         <div style={{display: "flex", flexDirection: data.styles.isStacked ? "column" : "row", alignItems: data.styles.isStacked ? "flex-end" : "baseline", marginLeft: "auto"}}>
 
             <div style={{display: "flex", alignItems: "baseline", fontWeight: 700, fontSize: ".875rem"}}>
                <BlockElementWrapper metaData={widgetMetaData} data={data} slot="number">
diff --git a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
index e5a9c55..7d29f63 100644
--- a/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/utils/qqq/ValueUtils.tsx
@@ -268,7 +268,15 @@ class ValueUtils
    {
       if (!(date instanceof Date))
       {
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // so, a new Date here will interpret the string as being at midnight UTC, but    //
+         // the data object will be in the user/browser timezone.                          //
+         // so "2024-08-22", for a user in US/Central, will be "2024-08-21T19:00:00-0500". //
+         // correct for that by adding the date's timezone offset (converted from minutes  //
+         // to millis) back to it                                                          //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          date = new Date(date);
+         date.setTime(date.getTime() + date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000)
       }
       // @ts-ignore
       return (`${date.toString("yyyy-MM-dd")}`);