diff --git a/common/components/filters.py b/common/components/filters.py
index f1de3c7..dc8784f 100644
--- a/common/components/filters.py
+++ b/common/components/filters.py
@@ -1479,6 +1479,8 @@ class PlayEventFilterBar(_FilterBarBase):
 def _playevent_fields(existing: dict) -> list:
     game_choice = _filter_get_choice(existing, "game")
     days_min, days_max = _parse_range(existing, "days_to_finish")
+    started_min, started_max = _parse_range(existing, "started")
+    ended_min, ended_max = _parse_range(existing, "ended")
 
     fields = [
         Div(
@@ -1495,6 +1497,24 @@ def _playevent_fields(existing: dict) -> list:
                 ),
             ],
         ),
+        _filter_field(
+            "Started",
+            DateRangePicker(
+                label="Started",
+                input_name_prefix="filter-started",
+                min_value=started_min,
+                max_value=started_max,
+            ),
+        ),
+        _filter_field(
+            "Finished",
+            DateRangePicker(
+                label="Finished",
+                input_name_prefix="filter-ended",
+                min_value=ended_min,
+                max_value=ended_max,
+            ),
+        ),
         _filter_field(
             "Days to Finish",
             RangeSlider(
diff --git a/games/filters.py b/games/filters.py
index 8bd22e9..9a3cf45 100644
--- a/games/filters.py
+++ b/games/filters.py
@@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ class PlayEventFilter(OperatorFilter):
     NOT: PlayEventFilter | None = None
 
     game: MultiCriterion | None = None  # filters on game_id
-    started: StringCriterion | None = None  # date string
-    ended: StringCriterion | None = None  # date string
+    started: DateCriterion | None = None  # DateField, bare lookup
+    ended: DateCriterion | None = None  # DateField, bare lookup
     days_to_finish: IntCriterion | None = None
     note: StringCriterion | None = None
     created_at: StringCriterion | None = None
diff --git a/tests/test_filter_bars.py b/tests/test_filter_bars.py
index 70b78a4..d2ba793 100644
--- a/tests/test_filter_bars.py
+++ b/tests/test_filter_bars.py
@@ -223,6 +223,59 @@ class FilterBarRenderingTest(TestCase):
         )
         self._assert_shell(html, "/presets/playevents/list", "/presets/playevents/save")
 
+    def test_playevent_filter_bar_renders_date_inputs(self):
+        """PlayEventFilterBar surfaces started and ended as DateRangePicker
+        widgets whose -min/-max hidden inputs (the JS serializer contract)
+        carry the filter-started / filter-ended prefixes, in labelled fields."""
+        from common.components import PlayEventFilterBar
+
+        html = str(
+            PlayEventFilterBar(
+                filter_json="", preset_list_url="/l", preset_save_url="/s"
+            )
+        )
+        for name in (
+            "filter-started-min",
+            "filter-started-max",
+            "filter-ended-min",
+            "filter-ended-max",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(f'name="{name}"', html)
+            self.assertIn(f'id="{name}"', html)
+        self.assertIn("<date-range-picker", html)
+        self.assertIn("Started", html)
+        self.assertIn("Finished", html)
+        self.assertNoEscapedTags(html)
+
+    def test_playevent_filter_bar_prepopulates_ended_between(self):
+        """A BETWEEN filter on ended populates both date bounds via _parse_range."""
+        from common.components import PlayEventFilterBar
+
+        filter_json = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "ended": {
+                    "value": "2024-01-01",
+                    "value2": "2024-12-31",
+                    "modifier": "BETWEEN",
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        html = str(
+            PlayEventFilterBar(
+                filter_json=filter_json,
+                preset_list_url="/l",
+                preset_save_url="/s",
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            'name="filter-ended-min" id="filter-ended-min" value="2024-01-01"',
+            html,
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            'name="filter-ended-max" id="filter-ended-max" value="2024-12-31"',
+            html,
+        )
+
     def test_playevent_filter_bar_labels_days_to_finish_slider(self):
         """The Days to Finish range slider must be wrapped in a labelled field —
         RangeSlider does not render its own label, so a bare slider shows none."""
diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 9a7e684..a8e8334 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -1241,3 +1241,101 @@ class TestPurchaseFilterDates:
         assert out["date_purchased"]["value2"] == "2024-12-31"
         assert out["date_purchased"]["modifier"] == Modifier.BETWEEN
         assert out["date_refunded"]["modifier"] == Modifier.NOT_NULL
+
+
+class TestPlayEventFilterDates:
+    """End-to-end: a PlayEventFilter built from JSON narrows the queryset
+    correctly across the started/ended DateCriterion fields. PlayEvent.started
+    and ended are DateField columns, so the criteria apply with bare field
+    names (no __date lookup)."""
+
+    def _seed(self):
+        import datetime
+
+        from games.models import Game, Platform, PlayEvent
+
+        platform, _ = Platform.objects.get_or_create(name="Test", icon="test")
+        game = Game.objects.create(name="Test Game", platform=platform)
+        early = PlayEvent.objects.create(
+            game=game,
+            started=datetime.date(2024, 1, 10),
+            ended=datetime.date(2024, 1, 20),
+        )
+        mid = PlayEvent.objects.create(
+            game=game,
+            started=datetime.date(2024, 6, 1),
+            ended=datetime.date(2024, 6, 30),
+        )
+        late = PlayEvent.objects.create(
+            game=game,
+            started=datetime.date(2025, 2, 1),
+            ended=datetime.date(2025, 2, 15),
+        )
+        return {"early": early, "mid": mid, "late": late}
+
+    @pytest.mark.django_db
+    def test_ended_between_finds_year(self):
+        """'Finished in 2024' expressed as a BETWEEN range over ended."""
+        from games.filters import PlayEventFilter
+        from games.models import PlayEvent
+
+        seeded = self._seed()
+        pf = PlayEventFilter.from_json(
+            {
+                "ended": {
+                    "value": "2024-01-01",
+                    "value2": "2024-12-31",
+                    "modifier": "BETWEEN",
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        results = set(PlayEvent.objects.filter(pf.to_q()))
+        assert results == {seeded["early"], seeded["mid"]}
+
+    @pytest.mark.django_db
+    def test_started_greater_than(self):
+        from games.filters import PlayEventFilter
+        from games.models import PlayEvent
+
+        seeded = self._seed()
+        pf = PlayEventFilter.from_json(
+            {"started": {"value": "2024-06-01", "modifier": "GREATER_THAN"}}
+        )
+        results = set(PlayEvent.objects.filter(pf.to_q()))
+        assert results == {seeded["late"]}
+
+    @pytest.mark.django_db
+    def test_ended_less_than(self):
+        from games.filters import PlayEventFilter
+        from games.models import PlayEvent
+
+        seeded = self._seed()
+        pf = PlayEventFilter.from_json(
+            {"ended": {"value": "2024-06-30", "modifier": "LESS_THAN"}}
+        )
+        results = set(PlayEvent.objects.filter(pf.to_q()))
+        assert results == {seeded["early"]}
+
+    @pytest.mark.django_db
+    def test_playevent_filter_json_round_trip(self):
+        """PlayEventFilter started/ended survive json → object → json,
+        confirming DateCriterion is dispatched by from_json (not
+        StringCriterion)."""
+        from games.filters import PlayEventFilter
+
+        payload = {
+            "started": {"value": "2024-01-01", "modifier": "GREATER_THAN"},
+            "ended": {
+                "value": "2024-01-01",
+                "value2": "2024-12-31",
+                "modifier": "BETWEEN",
+            },
+        }
+        pf = PlayEventFilter.from_json(payload)
+        assert isinstance(pf.started, DateCriterion)
+        assert isinstance(pf.ended, DateCriterion)
+        out = pf.to_json()
+        assert out["ended"]["value"] == "2024-01-01"
+        assert out["ended"]["value2"] == "2024-12-31"
+        assert out["ended"]["modifier"] == Modifier.BETWEEN
+        assert out["started"]["modifier"] == Modifier.GREATER_THAN
diff --git a/ts/elements/filter-bar.ts b/ts/elements/filter-bar.ts
index 6e9fb55..aa0dfee 100644
--- a/ts/elements/filter-bar.ts
+++ b/ts/elements/filter-bar.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ function buildFilterJSON(form: HTMLElement): Record<string, unknown> {
   const dateRangeFields = [
     { prefix: "filter-date-purchased", key: "date_purchased" },
     { prefix: "filter-date-refunded", key: "date_refunded" },
+    { prefix: "filter-started", key: "started" },
+    { prefix: "filter-ended", key: "ended" },
   ];
   dateRangeFields.forEach((dateField) => {
     const valueMin = stringValue(form, dateField.prefix + "-min");