diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 274c09438d..f3c3beeaab 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   isDocument,
   RowResponse,
   RowValue,
+  SqlClient,
   SQLiteDefinition,
   SqlQueryBinding,
 } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import { SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID } from "../../constants"
 import { DDInstrumentedDatabase } from "../instrumentation"
 import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../../helpers"
 import env from "../../environment"
+import { sqlLog } from "../../sql/utils"
 
 const DATABASE_NOT_FOUND = "Database does not exist."
 
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
   ): Promise<T[]> {
     const dbName = this.name
     const url = `/${dbName}/${SQLITE_DESIGN_DOC_ID}`
+    sqlLog(SqlClient.SQL_LITE, sql, parameters)
     return await this._sqlQuery<T[]>(url, "POST", {
       query: sql,
       args: parameters,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
index 615753efc3..e8881c22d4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/sql.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import * as dbCore from "../db"
 import {
   getNativeSql,
   isExternalTable,
-  isIsoDateString,
+  isValidISODateString,
   isValidFilter,
+  sqlLog,
+  isInvalidISODateString,
 } from "./utils"
 import { SqlStatements } from "./sqlStatements"
 import SqlTableQueryBuilder from "./sqlTable"
@@ -38,10 +40,6 @@ const envLimit = environment.SQL_MAX_ROWS
   : null
 const BASE_LIMIT = envLimit || 5000
 
-// these are invalid dates sent by the client, need to convert them to a real max date
-const MIN_ISO_DATE = "0000-00-00T00:00:00.000Z"
-const MAX_ISO_DATE = "9999-00-00T00:00:00.000Z"
-
 function likeKey(client: string, key: string): string {
   let start: string, end: string
   switch (client) {
@@ -75,10 +73,10 @@ function parse(input: any) {
   if (typeof input !== "string") {
     return input
   }
-  if (input === MAX_ISO_DATE || input === MIN_ISO_DATE) {
+  if (isInvalidISODateString(input)) {
     return null
   }
-  if (isIsoDateString(input)) {
+  if (isValidISODateString(input)) {
     return new Date(input.trim())
   }
   return input
@@ -938,15 +936,7 @@ class SqlQueryBuilder extends SqlTableQueryBuilder {
   }
 
   log(query: string, values?: SqlQueryBinding) {
-    if (!environment.SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE) {
-      return
-    }
-    const sqlClient = this.getSqlClient()
-    let string = `[SQL] [${sqlClient.toUpperCase()}] query="${query}"`
-    if (values) {
-      string += ` values="${values.join(", ")}"`
-    }
-    console.log(string)
+    sqlLog(this.getSqlClient(), query, values)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
index 45ab510948..e73c6ac445 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/sql/utils.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { DocumentType, SqlQuery, Table, TableSourceType } from "@budibase/types"
 import { DEFAULT_BB_DATASOURCE_ID } from "../constants"
 import { Knex } from "knex"
 import { SEPARATOR } from "../db"
+import environment from "../environment"
 
 const DOUBLE_SEPARATOR = `${SEPARATOR}${SEPARATOR}`
 const ROW_ID_REGEX = /^\[.*]$/g
 const ENCODED_SPACE = encodeURIComponent(" ")
+const ISO_DATE_REGEX = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}Z$/
 
 export function isExternalTableID(tableId: string) {
   return tableId.startsWith(DocumentType.DATASOURCE + SEPARATOR)
@@ -120,15 +122,38 @@ export function breakRowIdField(_id: string | { _id: string }): any[] {
   }
 }
 
-export function isIsoDateString(str: string) {
+export function isInvalidISODateString(str: string) {
   const trimmedValue = str.trim()
-  if (!/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}Z$/.test(trimmedValue)) {
+  if (!ISO_DATE_REGEX.test(trimmedValue)) {
     return false
   }
   let d = new Date(trimmedValue)
+  return isNaN(d.getTime())
+}
+
+export function isValidISODateString(str: string) {
+  const trimmedValue = str.trim()
+  if (!ISO_DATE_REGEX.test(trimmedValue)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  let d = new Date(trimmedValue)
+  if (isNaN(d.getTime())) {
+    return false
+  }
   return d.toISOString() === trimmedValue
 }
 
 export function isValidFilter(value: any) {
   return value != null && value !== ""
 }
+
+export function sqlLog(client: string, query: string, values?: any[]) {
+  if (!environment.SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE) {
+    return
+  }
+  let string = `[SQL] [${client.toUpperCase()}] query="${query}"`
+  if (values) {
+    string += ` values="${values.join(", ")}"`
+  }
+  console.log(string)
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index 145db9b4a3..bdc8fc1af6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -2167,6 +2167,35 @@ describe.each([
     }
   )
 
+  describe.each([
+    { low: "2024-07-03T00:00:00.000Z", high: "9999-00-00T00:00:00.000Z" },
+    { low: "2024-07-03T00:00:00.000Z", high: "9998-00-00T00:00:00.000Z" },
+    { low: "0000-00-00T00:00:00.000Z", high: "2024-07-04T00:00:00.000Z" },
+    { low: "0001-00-00T00:00:00.000Z", high: "2024-07-04T00:00:00.000Z" },
+  ])("date special cases", ({ low, high }) => {
+    const earlyDate = "2024-07-03T10:00:00.000Z",
+      laterDate = "2024-07-03T11:00:00.000Z"
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      table = await createTable({
+        date: {
+          name: "date",
+          type: FieldType.DATETIME,
+        },
+      })
+      await createRows([{ date: earlyDate }, { date: laterDate }])
+    })
+
+    it("should be able to handle a date search", async () => {
+      await expectSearch({
+        query: {
+          range: {
+            "1:date": { low, high },
+          },
+        },
+      }).toContainExactly([{ date: earlyDate }, { date: laterDate }])
+    })
+  })
+
   describe.each([
     "名前", // Japanese for "name"
     "Benutzer-ID", // German for "user ID", includes a hyphen