WordPress - Query Posts with date custom field, hide those in past

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				<ul class="feed events">
					<?php
					global $post;
					$args = array(
						'numberposts' => 3,
						'category' => 3,
						'meta_key' => 'event_date',
						'meta_value' => date("Y-m-d"),
						'meta_compare' => '>=',
						'orderby' => 'meta_value',
						'order' => 'ASC'
					);
					$myposts = get_posts( $args );
					foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
					
						$event_location = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'event_location', true);
						$event_date = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'event_date', true);
					
					?>				
					<li<?= has_post_thumbnail() ? ' class="img"' : '' ?>>
						<?php if(has_post_thumbnail()): ?>
						<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('feed-thumb', array('alt' => get_the_title(), 'title' => '' )); ?></a>
						<?php endif; ?>
						<h2>
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
								<?php the_title(); ?>
							</a>
						</h2>
						<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
						<?php if($event_location || $event_date): ?>
						<ul class="info">
							<?= $event_date ? '<li class="icon date">' . $event_date . '</li>' : '' ?>
							<?= $event_location ? '<li class="icon map">' . $event_location . '</li>' : '' ?>
						</ul>
						<?php endif; ?>
					</li>
					<?php endforeach; ?>
				</ul>
				<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>