[Bug]: Date parsing issue

[williamgarr]

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Bug Description

Hello, I got some Date parsing issues when running Avro matchers.

Steps to Reproduce

Avro fields type are optional strings with the following format :

{
   "default": null,
   "name": "MyDate",
   "type": [
      "null",
      "string"
   ]
}

"MyDate": "2026-02-10T16:19:14.000000Z"

Expected Behaviour

No errors

Actual Behaviour

cf linked image

ktestify Version

1.0.3

Java Version

25

Kafka / Confluent Version

No response

Configuration (sanitize sensitive data)

Additional Context

No response

[williamgarr]

Also, not sure why they try to parse them as dates since they are technically strings. Maybe add an option to enable/disable auto-date-parsing