Neo4j Version: 4.0 Enterprise Docker
Neo4j Mode: Single instance
Driver version: JS driver ^4.0.2
Operating System: Windows 10

Steps to reproduce

1. Start Neo4j
2. Run a query with the driver (return datetime())

Expected behavior

I expect the datetime() that is being returned to be in a string format.

Actual behavior

It parses the value into a custom object with properties like day, month, year, etc.
I can see how this can be useful but the string value is just as valuable. If I want to send the date property to the frontend app I would always have to convert it otherwise the toString function will be lost on the object.

It would be nice to have an option on a per query basis or even better a global options setting to disable parsing the datetime and just return the string value.

This is my horrible temporary workaround.

if (result.records) {
    for (const record of result.records) {
        for (const recordKey of record.keys) {
            const object = record.get(recordKey);
            if (!Array.isArray(object)) {
                for (const key in object) {
                    if (object.hasOwnProperty(key) && isDateTime(object[key])) {
                        object[key] = object[key].toString();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

PS: this does not take into account nested objects or arrays.