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.

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.

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