title: In Jenkins pipeline, how can I convert a String to Date?
body: <p>I just want to be able to convert <code>2019-11-05T08:43:43.488-0500</code> to a Date object? I see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3817862/groovy-string-to-date">Groovy String to Date</a> but that doesn't work in pipeline (I'm aware not all Groovy does work in pipeline).</p>