[IMPALA-420] Impala could support MySQL's date_format() function.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.0.1
• Component/s: Backend
• Labels: built-in-function
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alexander Behm
• Created: 14/Jun/13 17:22
• Updated: 16/Oct/17 17:55
• Resolved: 16/Oct/17 17:55

Description

MySQL supports a very useful function for transforming timestamps into strings.

See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format

We should consider adding this function.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: IMPALA-4018 Add support for SQL:2016 datetime templates/patterns/masks to CAST(... AS ... FORMAT <template>)