Timestamp sometimes Int and sometimes String

My socket.IO server publishes Date-Fields (as Unix-Timestamp).

I have two different socket.IO listeners running.

One of them interpretes the Date-Field correctly as Int64 number.

However the other listener interpretes the Date-Field as a String.

BOTH SERVER PAYLOADS CLEARLY HAVE A UNIX-TIMESTAMP NUMBER IN THEIR PAYLOAD.

THE SOCKET.IO SDK MUST SOMEHOW MESS UP THE TYPE WHEN DECODING !

Why the arbitrary difference ?

Here is an example-1 of a published payload :

{
    "cmd": "showAction",
    "params": {
        "id": "1cesesyzd-zb34-a213-82ad-a42b02dc2343f",
        "id2": "232346ss-1123-ad23-33da-addasdfdfdf223",
        "sentTime": 1638357492262
    }
}

Here is my Swift-code that listens :

socket?.on("myListener_1") { (data, ack) in
    guard let dataInfo = data.first else { return }
}

The data looks like this : (obvisously sentTime should be a Number instead of a String)

Why does the Socket.IO SDK do this false conversion ?????

(lldb) po data
▿ 1 element
  ▿ 0 : 2 elements
    ▿ 0 : 2 elements
      - key : cmd
      - value : showAction
    ▿ 1 : 2 elements
      - key : params
      ▿ value : 3 elements
        ▿ 0 : 2 elements
          - key : id
          - value :  1cesesyzd-zb34-a213-82ad-a42b02dc2343f
        ▿ 1 : 2 elements
          - key : id2
          - value : 232346ss-1123-ad23-33da-addasdfdfdf223
        ▿ 2 : 2 elements
          - key : sentTime
          - value : 2021-12-01T11:27:14.785Z

The dataInfo looks like this :

(lldb) po dataInfo
▿ 2 elements
  ▿ 0 : 2 elements
    - key : cmd
    - value : showSlide
  ▿ 1 : 2 elements
    - key : params
    ▿ value : 3 elements
      ▿ 0 : 2 elements
        - key : id
        - value : 1cesesyzd-zb34-a213-82ad-a42b02dc2343f
      ▿ 1 : 2 elements
        - key : id2
        - value : 232346ss-1123-ad23-33da-addasdfdfdf223
      ▿ 2 : 2 elements
        - key : sentTime
        - value : 2021-12-01T11:27:14.785Z

Below is a second example. This time, the date is returned correctly as a Number :

Here the payload-2 coming from the server :

{
    "type": "UPDATE",
    "test": [{
        "new": {
            "username": "myself",
            "roomId": "12344565346"
        },
        "sentTime": 1638359689915,
        "socketId": "sdadfsa3a-dafsdf3234324"
    }]
}

socket?.on("aSecondListener") { (data, ack) in
    guard let dataInfo = data.first else { return }
}

(lldb) po data
▿ 1 element
  ▿ 0 : 2 elements
    ▿ 0 : 2 elements
      - key : type
      - value : UPDATE
    ▿ 1 : 2 elements
      - key : test
      ▿ value : 1 element
        ▿ 0 : 3 elements
          ▿ 0 : 2 elements
            - key : new
            ▿ value : 2 elements
              ▿ 0 : 2 elements
                - key : username
                - value : myself
              ▿ 1 : 2 elements
                - key : roomId
                - value : 12344565346
          ▿ 1 : 2 elements
            - key : sentTime
            - value : 1638359689915
          ▿ 2 : 2 elements
            - key : socketId
            - value : sdadfsa3a-dafsdf3234324

The dataInfo looks like this :

(lldb) po dataInfo
▿ 2 elements
  ▿ 0 : 2 elements
    - key : type
    - value : UPDATE
  ▿ 1 : 2 elements
    - key : test
    ▿ value : 1 element
      ▿ 0 : 3 elements
        ▿ 0 : 2 elements
          - key : new
          ▿ value : 2 elements
            ▿ 0 : 2 elements
              - key : username
              - value : myself
            ▿ 1 : 2 elements
              - key : roomId
              - value : 12344565346
        ▿ 1 : 2 elements
          - key : sentTime
          - value : 1638359689915
        ▿ 2 : 2 elements
          - key : socketId
          - value : sdadfsa3a-dafsdf3234324

This time the sentTime parameter is clearly a Number (and not a String like in the first example).

Why the arbitrary difference ????

It seems to me that the Array does it correctly - however the dictionary does not.

Could the mistake be somewhere inside SocketExtensions.swift ?????

Help desperately needed!

socketio / socket.io-client-swift

Timestamp sometimes Int and sometimes String #1389