I understand your concern. This will soon get fixed by this epic. You can track this. I am creating a separate GitHub issue for your case and will share it right after that in this comment.
Update:
Here’s the issue for ease of your tracking.
1 Like
Great, much appreciated!
1 Like
Hi @anthony @jdufault
We are delighted to let you know that this data type issue has been solved in Appsmith version 1.8.6. Please check this out and let us know your feedback on the same. Thanks for your patience.
I see it’s working properly now. Thank you so much for making this happen! 
1 Like
I was just about to unsubscribe from these notifications. Thanks for the update.
1 Like