This follows pull request #24305. Code changes here are exactly like last commit it that PR for d3-format. I will push changes for d3-axis later today once this will be merged. As adding valueOf in d3-format is required for d3-axis strictFunctionTypes...

With this, d3-format validated for strictNullChecks, strictFunctionTypes and TS 2.3.

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