diff --git a/include/ajax.tickets.php b/include/ajax.tickets.php
index 6825556a98ad07028029130e195d7eaa3d7447d5..91f12f895d7945e804bbc05ac72e3837bb6f9e64 100644
--- a/include/ajax.tickets.php
+++ b/include/ajax.tickets.php
@@ -524,8 +524,7 @@ function refer($tid, $target=null) {
                           )
                       );
 
-              $impl = $field->getImpl();
-              if ($impl instanceof FileUploadField)
+              if ($field instanceof FileUploadField)
                   $field->save();
               Http::response(201, $field->getClean());
           }
diff --git a/include/class.forms.php b/include/class.forms.php
index db227a922e162abd06931d2aff6c0b6971fcc600..c4d6ea44e58da9266fce504a21b0f08f319d3615 100644
--- a/include/class.forms.php
+++ b/include/class.forms.php
@@ -2003,6 +2003,11 @@ class DatetimeField extends FormField {
         return $this->max;
     }
 
+    function getPastPresentLabels() {
+      return array(__('Create Date'), __('Reopen Date'),
+                    __('Close Date'), __('Last Update'));
+    }
+
     function to_database($value) {
         // Store time in format given by Date Picker (DateTime::W3C)
         return $value;
@@ -2401,11 +2406,11 @@ class DatetimeField extends FormField {
             ]);
         case 'n7':
             return $query->filter([
-                "{$name}__range" => array($now, $now->minus(SqlInterval::DAY(7))),
+                "{$name}__range" => array($now, $now->plus(SqlInterval::DAY(7))),
             ]);
         case 'n30':
             return $query->filter([
-                "{$name}__range" => array($now, $now->minus(SqlInterval::DAY(30))),
+                "{$name}__range" => array($now, $now->plus(SqlInterval::DAY(30))),
             ]);
         case 'g':
             $midnight -= 86400;
diff --git a/include/class.queue.php b/include/class.queue.php
index 189a7a84654a2bda283c60e0a49eae443ab142e8..0458fd7a0e96e78a68674748b97262bd31564016 100644
--- a/include/class.queue.php
+++ b/include/class.queue.php
@@ -441,6 +441,11 @@ class CustomQueue extends VerySimpleModel {
             ),
         ));
         $methods = $field->getSearchMethods();
+
+        //remove future options for datetime fields that can't be in the future
+        if (in_array($field->getLabel(), DateTimeField::getPastPresentLabels()))
+          unset($methods['ndays'], $methods['future'], $methods['distfut']);
+
         $pieces["{$name}+method"] = new ChoiceField(array(
             'choices' => $methods,
             'default' => key($methods),
diff --git a/include/staff/templates/queue-quickfilter.tmpl.php b/include/staff/templates/queue-quickfilter.tmpl.php
index 6b288f49484f3887ef7a2b23e67e76666c5250e3..9e4d64850a5ec3ea3e7afac9d17e179c62edd7de 100644
--- a/include/staff/templates/queue-quickfilter.tmpl.php
+++ b/include/staff/templates/queue-quickfilter.tmpl.php
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ if (!($qf_field = $queue->getQuickFilterField($quick_filter)))
     return;
 
 $choices = $qf_field->getQuickFilterChoices();
+
+//remove future options for datetime fields that can't be in the future
+if (in_array($qf_field->getLabel(), DatetimeField::getPastPresentLabels()))
+  unset($choices['m'], $choices['n7'], $choices['n30']);
 ?>
 <span class="action-button muted" data-dropdown="#quickfilter-dropdown">
   <i class="icon-caret-down pull-right"></i>
diff --git a/include/staff/ticket-edit.inc.php b/include/staff/ticket-edit.inc.php
index f77e02b8715cf9ce690b56777163b743c39551f7..71d8871e65af1f9ff1b73959b0c0bb043a464c0b 100644
--- a/include/staff/ticket-edit.inc.php
+++ b/include/staff/ticket-edit.inc.php
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ if ($_POST)
                     <option value="" selected >&mdash; <?php echo __('Select Help Topic');?> &mdash;</option>
                     <?php
                     if($topics=Topic::getHelpTopics()) {
-                      if(!array_key_exists($ticket->topic_id, $topics))
-                      {
+                      if($ticket->topic_id && !array_key_exists($ticket->topic_id, $topics)) {
                         $topics[$ticket->topic_id] = $ticket->topic;
                         $warn = sprintf(__('%s selected must be active'), __('Help Topic'));
                       }