consola.log Error: 'date.toLocaleTimeString is not a function' when date is a string

[GoodWave2020]

Environment

Node: 22.12.0
PNPM: 9.15.1

Reproduction

When running the following code:

import consola from 'consola';

consola.log({ date: 'string' });

the following error occurs:

Error: date.toLocaleTimeString is not a function

This error is triggered because consola expects the date field to be an instance of Date rather than a string.

Describe the bug

When invoking consola.log with an object where the date field is set to a string, the process fails at runtime. Internally, consola calls toLocaleTimeString on the date field, which only exists on Date instances. Passing a string results in the aforementioned error.

consola/src/reporters/basic.ts

Line 46 in dbc239c

return opts.date ? date.toLocaleTimeString() : "";

Additional context

I am attempting to customize the log output by manually specifying a custom date format.

To achieve this, I passed an object with a date field set to a string (i.e., { date: 'string' }). However, this leads to a runtime error because consola expects a Date object.

It would be helpful if either the documentation clarified that only Date objects are accepted, or if consola provided support or a graceful fallback for string values.

This change would allow developers greater flexibility when customizing log output.

Logs

[GoodWave2020]

Hi maintainers,

I'd like to propose a fix for this issue.

My plan is to add a check before invoking any Date instance functions (such as toLocaleTimeString).

The code would verify if the provided value is indeed a Date instance, and if it is not, it would simply do nothing.
This should prevent the error without altering the intended functionality.

Would it be acceptable for me to submit a pull request with this change?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.