When using Flowable with structured value that are provided as JSON variable, we should be able to convert easily a date provided as string from JSON tree into a date type variable.
Currently it is required to add a conversion task, in groovy for example, into the BPMN code. The BPMN code should only contain business task and not technical task.
We could use a JUEL function to execute this conversion. Flowable has a support for custom JUEL function. Please add such a function in Petals SE Flowable or directly in Flowable.