Searching the Records on basis of Date - spring

Question

Hi I need to find the records on the basis of Billed date, Now when the user hits the Url
"/bills/due/25-11-2020" the search would fetch me all records on date 25 Nov 2020
public interface BillsRepository extends JpaRepository<Bills, Long> {
#Query(value = "Select Bills.billedDate,Bills.billNo, Bills.billedTo from Bills where Bills.billedDate is like %?1%", nativeQuery = true)
public List<Bills> findByDate(#Param("date") Date date);
}
and my service Method
#Override
public List<Bills> getbillsByDate(Date date) throws ParseException {
List<Bills> billsbydate = billRepo.findByDate(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd").parse(date.toString()));
return billsbydate;
}
Whenever I am hitting the Url from my Controller method
#GetMapping("bills/due/{date}")
public ResponseEntity<List<Bills>> getByDate(#PathVariable("date") Date date) throws ParseException {
List<Bills> billsByDate = billService.getbillsByDate(date);
return ResponseEntity.ok(billsByDate);
}
it throws an exception
2021-11-16 08:18:58.396 WARN 29141 --- [nio-9070-exec-1] .w.s.m.s.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver : Resolved [org.springframework.web.method.annotation.MethodArgumentTypeMismatchException: Failed to convert value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'java.util.Date'; nested exception is org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException: Failed to convert from type [java.lang.String] to type [#org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable java.util.Date] for value '15-11-2021'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException]
Any am Newbie to Spring date JPA, So any help would be appreciated
Thnks

Answer 1

As a dirty solution, In your controller try this.
Instead of #PathVariable("date") Date date use #PathVariable("date") String date and then convert the String date to Date date - the same way you are doing in your service.
OR
Follow this:
https://www.baeldung.com/spring-date-parameters
This URL has your outlined the exact error you are facing.