[IMPALA-6641] Support more separators between date and time in default timestamp format

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.0, Impala 2.12.0
• Component/s: Backend
• Labels: ansi-sql sql-language
• Epic Link: Timestamp Compatibility
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Vincent Tran
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 12/Mar/18 18:14
• Updated: 27/Mar/18 04:16
• Resolved: 27/Mar/18 04:16

Description

Following on from IMPALA-5315, we should support further separators between date and time. According to Greg Rahn, "Postgres supports one or more spaces as well as the "T" separator (8601 style 2015-01-01T01:01:01) but more complex things would have to fall under specifying the mask."

Issue Links

• depends upon: IMPALA-5315 Cast to timestamp fails for YYYY-M-D format

Sub-Tasks

• Impala 2.12 & 3.0 Docs: Support more separators between date and time in default timestamp format: Closed