[@types/sinon] has incorrect types for useFakeTimers function. [@types/sinon__fake-timers] should be deprecated. #75752

@types/sinon@v22.0.0 has incorrect types for arguments to the useFakeTimers method.

https://github.com/sinonjs/sinon/blob/84e91a491b5d88b81e6a80e5dd3f77520577f9e8/src/sinon/util/fake-timers.js#L40 shows useFakeTimers takes a number, Date, or configuration object which is passed to @sinonjs/fake-timers createClock.

https://github.com/sinonjs/fake-timers/blob/466d18e2651839370e927957b967ea5eaa172806/src/fake-timers-src.js#L1757

The root cause is that it is relying on types from @types/sinon__fake-timers, but sinon@v22.x uses version of @sinonjs/fake-timers which includes types, so @types/sinon__fake-timers should be deprecated and @types/sinon updated to use types from @sinonjs/fake-timers

I discovered this issue after upgrading a project to sinon and receiving type errors trying to declare config toNotFake and was able to resolve by patching the types locally and overriding @types/sinon__fake-timers to resolve to @sinonjs/fake-timers

useFakeTimers: number | Date | Partial<FakeTimers.Config>;