[Forums] Search by Date Help

I am creating a search filter by date. When I go to the browser the search field is automatically populated with the date 1900-01-01, so below no data is shown because it does not fit the search criteria. I would like that upon initially going to the page, for the date search filter to be empty, this way all of the data will be shown. Then the user should have the ability to search by date to limit the data that is shown below.

How do I go about doing this? I have attatched a file with some screenshots.