Crafting WP_Query array, sort by date

You can sort a query by a specified post meta field as a number or as a text field.
Example:

$query_args = array(
            'meta_key' => 'event_date',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num'
 );
 $event_query = new WP_Query( $query_args );

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