[dewanshshekhar]

Text flags currently use reflect.Type.Name() on their pointer values. Pointers are unnamed, so a *time.Time flag reports an empty type and GetText also accepts an unrelated pointer implementing encoding.TextUnmarshaler. That output can be modified instead of receiving the intended type-mismatch error.

Use reflect.Type.String() consistently for the flag and requested output type. This also gives text flags a usable type label, such as *time.Time, in help output. Add regressions for the label and for rejecting a different output type without modifying it; the existing time round-trip tests continue to pass.

Validation on Go 1.27.2, Windows amd64:

• Both new regression tests fail before the production change.
• go test -p 2 -count=1 ./... passes.
• go vet -p 2 ./..., gofmt, and git diff --check pass.
• Race testing was not run locally: this machine has CGO disabled and no C compiler. The existing CI matrix can cover it.

Prepared and tested with OpenAI Codex assistance. This is a draft for human review.

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