Parameterization of Date/TimeConfig for DB Table Reader custom SQL

fantastic - thank you. I tried with single quotes, and just about every different way, but apparently didn’t check single quotes AND no flow variable populated. So I had success. The second part of my issue is that I understand I should create a component so that it’s just a double click to set the date. But, you’ll note that the varStartDate is not in the output when I convert to component:

when the node is still a node - you’ll note the varStartDate is being passed through:

is the expected behavior?i