Axios forward slash (/) url encoding issue

I am having a technical difficulties since I have to change date formats from ‘YYYYMMDD’ to ‘MM/DD/YYYY’.

I am using Axios; then Axios automatically encode my request uri.

For example, I made codes to create a request: STARTDATE=04/01/2021&ENDDATE=04/30/2021
but then when it sends through Axios it becomes: STARTDATE=04%2F01%2F2021&ENDDATE=04%2F30%2F2021; Because ‘/’ is encoded to ‘%2F’ automatically.

The requesting url I want to send is = 04/01/2021, != 04%2F01%2F2021
Any insights will be appreciated!