Sort or Cast text query field

Hello Community,

Trying to sort a query field that is currently text but hold dates.  Was wondering if in the query it might be possible to cast as type date.

Currently attempting to sort the C2 column, however due to it being text it's not correct.

query: a!query(
      pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(
        startIndex: 1,
        batchSize: 1000,
        sort: a!sortInfo(field: "c2", ascending: true)
      ),
      logicalExpression: a!queryLogicalExpression(
        operator: "AND",
        filters: {
          a!queryFilter(
            field: "c4",
            operator: "includes",
            value: local!activityFilter,
            applyWhen: not(isnull(local!activityFilter))
          ),
          a!queryFilter(
            field: "c1",
            operator: "in",
            value: local!statusFilter,
            applyWhen: a!isNotNullOrEmpty(local!statusFilter)
          ),
        },
        logicalExpressions:  a!queryLogicalExpression(
          operator: "OR",
          filters: {
            a!queryFilter(
              field: "c2",
              operator: "starts with",
              value: "Enrollment"
            ),
            a!queryFilter(
              field: "c2",
              operator: "starts with",
              value: "Screening"
            )
          }
        )
      )