"Parse as Data Type" functionality in API does not support Date Time and Document Reference Data Types

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I recently discovered that the 'Parse as Data Type' functionality in the API does not support Date and Reference data types.

It only supports boolean, text, integer, and possibly a few more.

I had to convert the unsupported types by first parsing them as integers and text using custom functions, which look like this:

Please let me know if there is a better way to do this, or when FF has fixed this issue.

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