Good evening John and welcome to the Events Calendar Support forum!
Thank you for reaching out to us.
I am sorry to hear that your experience has not been great so far.
Normally on something simple like this, there should not be any issue.
I would love to help you with this topic.
I entered a couple of dates on a site we are developing. I entered the July 4th -5:30 – 10:30pm and ending on the same date and time.
I am not quite sure what you mean by that ?
Could you please provide me with a screenshot of that event’s settings page ?
Or at least a URL I can look at so that I can get a better sense of why the display is off on your.
Additionally, if you don’t mind, could you check if that strange display persists on a default WordPress theme such as twenty-fifteen ?
Best regards,
Geoff B.