Does not show past events from The Events Calendar

functions.php

<?php
/*  
 * Does not show past events from The Events Calendar
 */

add_filter('tribe_events_pre_get_posts', 'filter_tribe_all_occurences', 100);
 
function filter_tribe_all_occurences ($wp_query) {
 
        if ( !is_admin() )  {
 
                $new_meta = array();
                $today = new DateTime();
 
                // Join with existing meta_query
                if(is_array($wp_query->meta_query))
                        $new_meta = $wp_query->meta_query;
 
                // Add new meta_query, select events ending from now forward
                $new_meta[] = array(
                        'key' => '_EventEndDate',
                        'type' => 'DATETIME',
                        'compare' => '>=',
                        'value' => $today->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')
                );
 
                $wp_query->set( 'meta_query', $new_meta );
        }
 
        return $wp_query;
}