How to filter Customers by date in 2024-10 API after customer_date deprecation?

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In the Shopify 2024-07 API release, the customer_date filter was deprecated in the customers query. I’ve been using the following GraphQL query to filter and split customers by a specific date range using customer_date:

mutation {
  bulkOperationRunQuery(
    query: """
      {
        customers(query: "customer_date:>=2021-01-01T00:00:00Z AND customer_date:<=2021-12-31T23:59:59Z") {
          edges {
            node {
                id
                firstName
                lastName
                email
                phone
                createdAt
                updatedAt
            }
          }
        }
      }
    """
  ) {
    bulkOperation {
      id
      status
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

Given the 2024-10 API update, what’s the recommended approach to retrieve the same data filtered by customer creation date?

Is there a direct alternative to customer_date for filtering customers without creating a segment, or do we need to entirely switch to segments with ShopifyQL for this use case?

Looking for the most efficient way to replicate this functionality. Any insights or examples would be highly appreciated!