Various issues when using CCK Date field with views

First note: great module. There is lot of added power and functionality since I last used the Date module that is very exciting. I love where this is going.

I had a few issues when trying to use the date field in Views.

My setup: I created a field in a CCK type that allows the addition of a date. Here are some of my settings, in case they matter--

Widget type: Text field with jQuery pop-up calendar.
Starting date: required
Number of values: 1
Optional to field: Yes
Granularity: Year, Month, Day
Timezone Handling: no timezone conversion
Timezone in: Pacific Standard Time

Issue 1: When adding a date field as a filter for a view, I get a generic error message in a javascript popup "An error has occurred" but no error appears in the log. I cannot see the field added if I save the screen, but if I type in the address to the page again, then it shows up. The same thing occurs whether it is the start date or to date that I am selecting as a filter.

Issue 2: The "start date" and "to date" appear as identical fields within views, and do not have anything to distinguish them.

Issue 3: I am unable to filter my view properly according to its relationship to "now". I've tried a variety of ways of selecting "now" as my place in time: just by day, by month and day, and by month, day and year. I have selected what I presumed to be the start date as the field in my filter (I should note, I have also tried this with the "to" field), and tried to sort it as "greater than now" or "greater than or equal to now" and no entries show up, despite the fact that I have several entries that fill this requirement. However, if I choose "less than now", ALL entries are displayed, including ones that do not fill this requirement.

Issue 4: When adding fields to a table view, there is no way to separate the "Start" and "To" date as separate fields, they always display as one field. I tried entering both fields to a table, and for those entries that have both a start and end date, I would get the same display for both, "Start Date - End Date". It seems to me that one should be able to separate these out, and I can't help but wonder if this isn't somehow contributing to the above issue.

I hope this is useful. Thanks for your hard work.