Earliest date from linked work items
Return the earliest date from a Date Picker custom field in the linked work items of the current work item.
Configuration
Create a Custom smart text field and use the Jira expression parsing mode.
Expression
let minDate = issue?.links.map(link => link.linkedIssue.customfield_nnnnn).filter(
d => d != null);
minDate.length > 0 ? new CalendarDate(minDate.reduce((a, b) => a < b ? a : b ))
.toString() : ""
Please, replace nnnnn with the ID of a Date Time Picker custom field.