gogolik

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'events',
    'posts_per_page' => 5,
    'orderby'   => 'meta_value_num',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'event_date',
            'value' => date("Y/m/d"),
            'type' => 'DATE',
            'compare' => '>='
        )
    )
);

$date = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'event_date', true);
echo date("d.m.Y", strtotime($date));