[ARROW-14477] [C++] Timezone-aware kernels should also handle offset strings

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: kernel pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30036
• Assignee: Rok Mihevc
• Reporter: David Li
• Created: 26/Oct/21 15:40
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:40

Description

Both the format and the C++ library allow this, but kernels rely on a helper assuming that the timezone field of a timestamp is always a timezone name and not a timezone offset.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12865