Expression evaluation error at function a!queryEntity [line 33]: Cannot apply operator [EQUALS] to field [startDate] when comparing to value [TypedValue[it=3,v=11/19/2023]].

a!localVariables(
local!maxData: a!queryEntity(
entity: cons!ISP_DSE_CAPACITY_CONFIG,
query: a!query(
aggregation: a!queryAggregation(
aggregationColumns: {
a!queryAggregationColumn(
field: "startDate",
isGrouping: FALSE,
aggregationFunction: "MAX"
),
a!queryAggregationColumn(field: "distCenter", isGrouping: true),

}
),
logicalExpression: a!queryLogicalExpression(
operator: "AND",
filters: {
a!queryFilter(
field: "distCenter",
operator: "=",
value: ri!dc,
applyWhen: a!isNotNullOrEmpty(ri!dc)
)
},
ignoreFiltersWithEmptyValues: true
),
pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 50)
),
fetchTotalCount: false
).data,
local!date: tostring(index(local!maxData, "startDate", null)),
a!queryEntity(
entity: cons!ISP_DSE_CAPACITY_CONFIG,
query: a!query(
filter: {
a!queryFilter(
field: "startDate",
operator: "=",
value: local!date,
applyWhen: a!isNotNullOrEmpty(local!date)
),
a!queryFilter(
field: "distCenter",
operator: "=",
value: ri!dc,
applyWhen: a!isNotNullOrEmpty(ri!dc)
)
},
pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 50),

)
)
)

i have gone through the code several time but am getting the above error