[SPARK-16774] Fix use of deprecated TimeStamp constructor (also providing incorrect results)

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Holden Karau
• Reporter: Holden Karau
• Created: 28/Jul/16 18:03
• Updated: 01/Aug/16 20:57
• Resolved: 01/Aug/16 20:57

Description

The TimeStamp constructor we use inside of DateTime utils has been deprecated since JDK 1.1 - while Java does take a long time to remove deprecated functionality we might as well address this. Additionally it does not handle DST boundaries correctly all the time

Issue Links

• relates to: SPARK-16788 Investigate JSR-310 & scala-time alternatives to our own datetime utils
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #14398 (holdenk)