Date & '' - Shape Mismatch

[ross1296]

Me again. You'll be getting sick of my issues.

I'm just wondering about how Date should be handled in the DeepPartial and DeepRequired.

If I, for example, have a model with

export type ExampleModel = DeepPartial<{
    dateOfBirth: Date;
}>

And the DeepRequired is:

export const exampleModelShape = DeepRequired<ExampleModel> = {
    dateOfBirth: ''
}

Then, understandably, this is a shape mismatch because Date != string, but setting the initial value to '' is a valid approach when wanting to avoid rendering a value in your DatePicker and instead opting to show your placeholder text. PrimeNG's p-calendar is a great example of this. If you want to show your placeholder, then your value must be ''.

Are we safe to just ignore the shape mismatch errors in this scenario, albeit it does spam the console endlessly, or is there a graceful way to approach this?