PersonRepo.java

    @Query(value="select person.id, person.email, person.first_name, person.last_name, person.phone from orders join customers on orders.customer_id = customers.id join person on person.id=customers.person_id join order_item on order_id = orders.id where created >= :from and created <= :through and order_item.product_id= :productId", nativeQuery = true)
    Iterable<Person> findPeopleWhoBoughtProductWithinPeriod(@Param("productId") int productId,
                                                            @Param("from") String from,
                                                            @Param("through") String through);



GeneralService.java

        Iterable<Person> peopleInFeb = personRepo.findPeopleWhoBoughtProductWithinPeriod(2,
                                                                                         "2019-02-01",
                                                                                         "2019-02-28");


Traceback

Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: operator does not exist: timestamp without time zone >= character varying
  Hint: No operator matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.