Currently angular will fail builds due to type check if kendo-timepicker value is null/undefined.

It requires it to always be a date - making it impossible to have initially empty values or to even reset the selection/value and show a placeholder.

Even the documentation for placeholder says:

Specifies the hint the TimePicker displays when its value is `null`.

private _value: Date = null;
@Input() public set value(value: Date)

But the input does not allow this. Even the property is defined in a way that would fail type checks in any newer angular project (strict mode is the default).

The only workaround currently is to  disable type check with $any()