ISO 8601 Date Types

Dates are serialized as strings in ISO 8601 format when being parsed from JSON. E.g when using express.json(), or when using JSON.parse(). To INSERT into DATE columns, one could use a reviver function as mentioned here or keep the IN binds as oracledb.STRING types and wrap the VALUES in TO_UTC_TIMESTAMP_TZ(:1) but it would be nice if within bindDefs there could be a special type for dates stored as strings in ISO 8601 format that are meant for DATETIME or DATE columns. I currently do not see anything documented that allows for this behavior (explicitly or implicitly), but I believe it would be extremely beneficial. Also, the examples/date.js would benefit by providing an example using the TO_UTC_TIMESTAMP_TZ function with the IN binds as oracledb.STRING.

Start with examples/date.js and the documented bindDefs type section, then review how ISO 8601 strings are handled for DATE or DATETIME columns. The requested work would need a defined special bind type and an example using TO_UTC_TIMESTAMP_TZ with STRING binds; completion should cover both the behavior and the example.