diff --git a/src/components/search.ts b/src/components/search.ts
index 2bd6cf1..e8a9c3a 100644
--- a/src/components/search.ts
+++ b/src/components/search.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import IOError from '../classes/IOError'
 type RenderResultDef =
   | string
   | number
+  | boolean
+  | Date
   | {
-      label: string | number
+      label: string | number | boolean | Date
       description?: string
       imageUrl?: string
     }
diff --git a/src/components/selectMultiple.ts b/src/components/selectMultiple.ts
index 794be70..e2ee50b 100644
--- a/src/components/selectMultiple.ts
+++ b/src/components/selectMultiple.ts
@@ -1,46 +1,55 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
-import { T_IO_PROPS, T_IO_RETURNS, labelValue } from '../ioSchema'
+import {
+  T_IO_PROPS,
+  T_IO_RETURNS,
+  labelValue,
+  primitiveValue,
+} from '../ioSchema'
 import Logger from '../classes/Logger'
 
-type SelectMultipleProps<Option extends z.infer<typeof labelValue> | string> =
-  Omit<T_IO_PROPS<'SELECT_MULTIPLE'>, 'options' | 'defaultValue'> & {
-    options: Option[]
-    defaultValue?: Option[]
-  }
+type SelectMultipleProps<
+  Option extends z.infer<typeof labelValue> | z.infer<typeof primitiveValue>
+> = Omit<T_IO_PROPS<'SELECT_MULTIPLE'>, 'options' | 'defaultValue'> & {
+  options: Option[]
+  defaultValue?: Option[]
+}
 
 export default function selectMultiple(logger: Logger) {
-  return <Option extends z.infer<typeof labelValue> | string>(
+  return <
+    Option extends z.infer<typeof labelValue> | z.infer<typeof primitiveValue>
+  >(
     props: SelectMultipleProps<Option>
   ) => {
-    const normalizedOptions: z.infer<typeof labelValue>[] = props.options.map(
-      option => {
-        if (typeof option === 'string') {
-          return {
-            label: option,
-            value: option,
-          }
-        } else {
-          return option as Exclude<Option, string>
+    function normalizeOption(option: Option) {
+      if (
+        typeof option === 'string' ||
+        typeof option === 'number' ||
+        typeof option === 'boolean' ||
+        option instanceof Date
+      ) {
+        return {
+          label: option,
+          value: option,
         }
+      } else {
+        return option as Exclude<Option, string | number | boolean | Date>
       }
+    }
+
+    const normalizedOptions: z.infer<typeof labelValue>[] = props.options.map(
+      option => normalizeOption(option)
     )
     type Options = typeof props.options
     const optionMap = new Map(
-      normalizedOptions.map((o, i) => [o.value, props.options[i]])
+      normalizedOptions.map((o, i) => [o.value.toString(), props.options[i]])
     )
 
-    let defaultValue = props.defaultValue?.map(d => {
-      if (typeof d === 'string') {
-        return {
-          label: d,
-          value: d,
-        }
-      } else {
-        return d as Exclude<Option, string>
-      }
-    })
+    let defaultValue = props.defaultValue?.map(d => normalizeOption(d))
 
-    if (defaultValue && defaultValue.every(val => !optionMap.has(val.value))) {
+    if (
+      defaultValue &&
+      defaultValue.every(val => !optionMap.has(val.value.toString()))
+    ) {
       logger.warn(
         'The defaultValue property must be a subset of the provided options, the provided defaultValue will be discarded.'
       )
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ export default function selectMultiple(logger: Logger) {
         options: normalizedOptions.map(o => stripper.parse(o)),
       },
       getValue(response: T_IO_RETURNS<'SELECT_MULTIPLE'>): Options {
-        return response.map(r => optionMap.get(r.value)) as Options
+        return response.map(r => optionMap.get(r.value.toString())) as Options
       },
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/components/selectSingle.ts b/src/components/selectSingle.ts
index eb315f5..ddcc72a 100644
--- a/src/components/selectSingle.ts
+++ b/src/components/selectSingle.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,60 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
-import { T_IO_PROPS, T_IO_RETURNS, richSelectOption } from '../ioSchema'
+import {
+  T_IO_PROPS,
+  T_IO_RETURNS,
+  richSelectOption,
+  primitiveValue,
+} from '../ioSchema'
 import Logger from '../classes/Logger'
 
 type SelectSingleProps<
-  Option extends z.infer<typeof richSelectOption> | string
+  Option extends
+    | z.infer<typeof richSelectOption>
+    | z.infer<typeof primitiveValue>
 > = Omit<T_IO_PROPS<'SELECT_SINGLE'>, 'options' | 'defaultValue'> & {
   options: Option[]
   defaultValue?: Option
 }
 
 export default function selectSingle(logger: Logger) {
-  return <Option extends z.infer<typeof richSelectOption> | string>(
+  return <
+    Option extends
+      | z.infer<typeof richSelectOption>
+      | z.infer<typeof primitiveValue>
+  >(
     props: SelectSingleProps<Option>
   ) => {
-    const normalizedOptions = props.options.map(option => {
-      if (typeof option === 'string') {
+    function normalizeOption(option: Option) {
+      if (
+        typeof option === 'string' ||
+        typeof option === 'number' ||
+        typeof option === 'boolean' ||
+        option instanceof Date
+      ) {
         return {
           label: option,
           value: option,
         }
       } else {
-        return option as Exclude<Option, string>
+        return option as Exclude<Option, string | number | boolean | Date>
       }
-    })
+    }
+
+    const normalizedOptions = props.options.map(option =>
+      normalizeOption(option)
+    )
 
     type Options = typeof props.options
     const optionMap = new Map(
-      normalizedOptions.map((o, i) => [o.value, props.options[i]])
+      normalizedOptions.map((o, i) => [o.value.toString(), props.options[i]])
     )
     const stripper = richSelectOption.strip()
 
-    let defaultValue =
-      typeof props.defaultValue === 'string'
-        ? {
-            label: props.defaultValue,
-            value: props.defaultValue,
-          }
-        : (props.defaultValue as Exclude<Option, string> | undefined)
+    let defaultValue = props.defaultValue
+      ? normalizeOption(props.defaultValue)
+      : undefined
 
-    if (defaultValue && !optionMap.has(defaultValue.value)) {
+    if (defaultValue && !optionMap.has(defaultValue.value.toString())) {
       logger.warn(
         'The defaultValue property must be a value in the provided options, the provided defaultValue will be discarded.'
       )
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ export default function selectSingle(logger: Logger) {
         options: normalizedOptions.map(o => stripper.parse(o)),
       },
       getValue(response: T_IO_RETURNS<'SELECT_SINGLE'>) {
-        return optionMap.get(response.value) as Options[0]
+        return optionMap.get(response.value.toString()) as Options[0]
       },
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/examples/basic/index.ts b/src/examples/basic/index.ts
index 354de6f..c2a3493 100644
--- a/src/examples/basic/index.ts
+++ b/src/examples/basic/index.ts
@@ -377,17 +377,17 @@ const interval = new Interval({
       const options = [
         {
           value: 0,
-          label: 'A',
+          label: 0,
           extraData: 'A',
         },
         {
-          value: 1,
-          label: 'B',
+          value: new Date(2022, 6, 1),
+          label: new Date(2022, 6, 1),
           extraData: 'B',
         },
         {
-          value: 2,
-          label: 'C',
+          value: true,
+          label: true,
           extraData: 'C',
         },
       ]
diff --git a/src/ioSchema.ts b/src/ioSchema.ts
index 0951cdb..12fb362 100644
--- a/src/ioSchema.ts
+++ b/src/ioSchema.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,23 @@ export const typeValue = z.enum([
 ])
 export type TypeValue = z.infer<typeof typeValue>
 
+export const primitiveValue = z.union([
+  z.string(),
+  z.number(),
+  z.boolean(),
+  z.date(),
+])
+
+const objectLiteralSchema = primitiveValue.nullish()
+
+type Literal = boolean | null | number | string | Date | undefined
+// `object` is workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/15300
+type KeyValue = Literal | { [key: string]: KeyValue } | KeyValue[] | object
+
 export const labelValue = z
   .object({
-    label: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]),
-    value: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]),
+    label: primitiveValue,
+    value: primitiveValue,
   })
   .passthrough()
 
@@ -57,8 +70,8 @@ export type LabelValue = z.infer<typeof labelValue>
 
 export const richSelectOption = z
   .object({
-    label: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]),
-    value: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]),
+    label: primitiveValue,
+    value: primitiveValue,
     description: z.string().nullish(),
     imageUrl: z.string().nullish(),
   })
@@ -66,19 +79,6 @@ export const richSelectOption = z
 
 export type RichSelectOption = z.infer<typeof richSelectOption>
 
-const objectLiteralSchema = z.union([
-  z.string(),
-  z.number(),
-  z.boolean(),
-  z.null(),
-  z.date(),
-  z.undefined(),
-])
-
-type Literal = boolean | null | number | string | Date | undefined
-// `object` is workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/15300
-type KeyValue = Literal | { [key: string]: KeyValue } | KeyValue[] | object
-
 const keyValueObject: z.ZodSchema<KeyValue> = z.lazy(() =>
   z.union([
     objectLiteralSchema,
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export const ioSchema = {
       results: z.array(
         z.object({
           value: z.string(),
-          label: z.union([z.string(), z.number()]),
+          label: primitiveValue,
           description: z.string().nullish(),
           imageUrl: z.string().nullish(),
         })