Passing date type variable in post request body

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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Hi,

I’m trying to start a process by submitting a form. the form contains a variable of type date, I have tried multiple formats in the json object but for some reason camunda fails to convert the value I pass to java.utils.Date object.

{“variables”:
{ …
…
…
…
“date” : {“value” : “2018-10-10”, “type” : “Date”}
},
“businessKey” : “2017”
}

the error I get is:
Cannot convert value ‘2018-10-10’ of type ‘Date’ to java type java.util.Date"

I have also tried this format “2018-10-10T13:33:42” but It doesn’t convert the variable
Cannot convert value ‘2018-10-10T13:33:42’ of type ‘Date’ to java type java.util.Date"

what format should I pass?

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Hey @hassank,

What version are you using? Since 7.8 there’s a new date format for the Rest API. You can read about it here.

Cheers,
Nikola

3

I’m using 7.8. Is there any way to change the format?

4

Yes, you can see how here.

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5

thanks. this solves it.