diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15776240..9c19c973 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typesense_derive = { path = "./typesense_derive", version = "0.3" }
 anyhow = "1"
 base64 = "0.22"
 bon = "3"
+chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 hmac = "0.12"
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/typesense/Cargo.toml b/typesense/Cargo.toml
index 302dd1d5..d0202aa2 100644
--- a/typesense/Cargo.toml
+++ b/typesense/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description = "Client for typesense"
 
 [features]
 default = ["derive"]
+chrono = ["dep:chrono"]
 
 # Provide derive(Typesense) macro.
 derive = ["typesense_derive"]
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ typesense_derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 bon = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hmac = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-retry = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/typesense/src/traits/field_type.rs b/typesense/src/traits/field_type.rs
index e994e8d9..032becff 100644
--- a/typesense/src/traits/field_type.rs
+++ b/typesense/src/traits/field_type.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub type FieldType = String;
 /// Trait that should implement each type of a document, in order to properly serialize the
 /// Collection Schema according to the Typesense reference.
 pub trait ToTypesenseField {
-    /// Static function that should implement the types of the typesense documents.
+    /// Mapping of a Typesense type.
     fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str;
 }
 /// Generic implementation for any type that is also a Typesense document.
@@ -25,22 +25,54 @@ impl<T: Document> ToTypesenseField for Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ToTypesenseField> ToTypesenseField for Option<T> {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
+        T::to_typesense_type()
+    }
+}
+
 /// macro used internally to add implementations of ToTypesenseField for several rust types.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! impl_to_typesense_field (
-    ($for:ty, $typesense_variant:expr) => {
+    ($for:ty, $typesense_type:expr) => {
         impl $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for $for {
             #[inline(always)]
             fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
-                $typesense_variant
+                $typesense_type
+            }
+        }
+        impl $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for Vec<$for> {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
+                concat!($typesense_type, "[]")
+            }
+        }
+        impl $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for Vec<Option<$for>> {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
+                concat!($typesense_type, "[]")
             }
         }
     };
-    ($for:ty, $typesense_variant:expr, $any:ident) => {
-        impl<$any> $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for $for {
+
+    ($for:ty, $typesense_type:expr, $any:ident $(: $any_bound:path)?) => {
+        impl<$any $(: $any_bound)?> $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for $for {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
+                $typesense_type
+            }
+        }
+        impl<$any $(: $any_bound)?> $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for Vec<$for> {
             #[inline(always)]
             fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
-                $typesense_variant
+                concat!($typesense_type, "[]")
+            }
+        }
+        impl<$any $(: $any_bound)?> $crate::prelude::ToTypesenseField for Vec<Option<$for>> {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn to_typesense_type() -> &'static str {
+                concat!($typesense_type, "[]")
             }
         }
     };
@@ -63,19 +95,10 @@ impl_to_typesense_field!(bool, "bool");
 impl_to_typesense_field!(HashMap<String, T>, "object", T);
 impl_to_typesense_field!(BTreeMap<String, T>, "object", T);
 
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<String>, "string[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<i8>, "int32[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<u8>, "int32[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<i16>, "int32[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<u16>, "int32[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<i32>, "int32[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<u32>, "int64[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<i64>, "int64[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<u64>, "int64[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<isize>, "int64[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<usize>, "int64[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<f32>, "float[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<f64>, "float[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<bool>, "bool[]");
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<HashMap<String, T>>, "object[]", T);
-impl_to_typesense_field!(Vec<BTreeMap<String, T>>, "object[]", T);
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+mod chrono_support {
+    impl_to_typesense_field!(chrono::DateTime<T>, "string", T: chrono::TimeZone);
+    impl_to_typesense_field!(chrono::NaiveDate, "string");
+    impl_to_typesense_field!(chrono::NaiveDateTime, "string");
+    impl_to_typesense_field!(chrono::NaiveTime, "string");
+}
diff --git a/typesense_derive/src/lib.rs b/typesense_derive/src/lib.rs
index 0e1b658c..828035ec 100644
--- a/typesense_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/typesense_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn impl_typesense_collection(item: ItemStruct) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
     let name_partial = Ident::new(&(ident.to_string() + "Partial"), ident.span());
 
     let generated_code = quote! {
-        #[derive(Default, Serialize)]
+        #[derive(Default, ::serde::Serialize)]
         #vis struct #name_partial {
             #(#optional_fields)*
         }