To fix issue: Event date is "Now" is not showing

// Ticket #18112

// Template: /themes/avataroceania/template-without-thoughtstorm-event.php
// Page URL: https://www.avataroceania.com/schedule/
// Compare to page: https://www.avataroceania.com/events/

// ===== NEW Codes: =====
<?php
global $post;
// Retrieve the next 5 upcoming events

$this_month = date( "Y-m-01 00:00", strtotime("now") );

$events = tribe_get_events( [
     'tribe_events_cat'   => '55,56,54',
     //'start_date'     => 'now',
     'start_date'     => $this_month,
     'posts_per_page' => -1,
] );

// Loop through the events: set up each one as
// the current post then use template tags to
// display the title and content

$setvalCon = "";
foreach ( $events as $post ) {
     setup_postdata( $post );

     // This time, let's throw in an event-specific
     // template tag to show the date after the title!
     //echo '<h4 class="tribe-events-list-event-title">' . $post->post_title . '</h4>';
     //echo ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( $post ) . ' ';
     //the_post_thumbnail('full');
     //echo the_excerpt();

     $date = tribe_get_event($post);
     ?>

        <?php if( strtotime($date->end_date) > strtotime('now') ) { ?>
             <div class="content_sec">
                         <div class="content_con">
                         <?php
                                if( $setvalCon != substr($post->event_date,0, 7)){
                                 ?>
                                 <div class="post_month"><?php echo ' ' . tribe_events_list_the_date_headers( $post ) . ' '; ?></div>
                                 <?php
                                }
                                $setvalCon = substr($post->event_date,0, 7);
                                ?>

                                <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h3>
                                <div class="tribe-event-schedule-details"><?php echo tribe_events_event_schedule_details(); ?></div>
                                <div class="tribe-events-venue-details"><?php echo ' ' . tribe_get_venue( $post ) . ' '; ?></div>
                                <h3><?php get_the_category();?></h3>
                                <div class="content_img">
                                    <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('full'); ?></a>
                                </div>
                                <div class="post_content"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
                                <div class="read_more">
                                    <a class="btn btn-light-yellow appointment-btn" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Find out more »</a>
                                </div>
                        </div>
                        </div>
        <?php } ?>
<?php } ?>


// ===== OLD Codes: =====
<?php
global $post;
// Retrieve the next 5 upcoming events
$events = tribe_get_events( [
     'tribe_events_cat'   => '55,56,54',
     'start_date'     => 'now',
     'posts_per_page' => -1,
] );

// Loop through the events: set up each one as
// the current post then use template tags to
// display the title and content

$setvalCon = "";
foreach ( $events as $post ) {
     setup_postdata( $post );

     // This time, let's throw in an event-specific
     // template tag to show the date after the title!
     //echo '<h4 class="tribe-events-list-event-title">' . $post->post_title . '</h4>';
     //echo ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( $post ) . ' ';
     //the_post_thumbnail('full');
     //echo the_excerpt(); ?>
             <div class="content_sec">
                         <div class="content_con">
                         <?php
                                if( $setvalCon != substr($post->event_date,0, 7)){
                                 ?>
                                 <div class="post_month"><?php echo ' ' . tribe_events_list_the_date_headers( $post ) . ' '; ?></div>
                                 <?php
                                }
                                $setvalCon = substr($post->event_date,0, 7);
                                ?>

                                <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h3>
                                <div class="tribe-event-schedule-details"><?php echo tribe_events_event_schedule_details(); ?></div>
                                <div class="tribe-events-venue-details"><?php echo ' ' . tribe_get_venue( $post ) . ' '; ?></div>
                                <h3><?php get_the_category();?></h3>
                                <div class="content_img">
                                    <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('full'); ?></a>
                                </div>
                                <div class="post_content"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
                                <div class="read_more">
                                    <a class="btn btn-light-yellow appointment-btn" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Find out more »</a>
                                </div>
                        </div>
                        </div>
<?php } ?>