Sorry not enough info to help.  Please be more specific. See Rule #2.

I have a query to search by date.:
>=[Enter the Start Date] And <=[Enter The End Date]
The first time I enter a date range, it kicks me back to the start date.
I re enter it, then it's fine.

Please post a design view screenshot of your query.  There has to be something amiss.

If you use the form's Filter and FilterOn properties, make sure you set the Filter first, *then* set FilterOn to true.  FilterOn actually applies the filter, so it needs to be done last.  If you do it in the wrong order...

If you set FilterOn to true first, then set the Filter:

    MyForm.FilterOn = True
    MyForm.Filter = "[ID] = 1"

then you have to set FilterOn to true again to actually apply the filter.  That may be why you had to do it the second time to make it work.

In your original post you said you are using a button on a form. The code behind the button may prove useful also.

It is just the code that Access uses when you select "Run Query" option, so I guess it is a macro.