[SPARK-8176] date/time function: to_date

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Sprint: Spark 1.5 release
• Assignee: Adrian Wang
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 09/Jun/15 05:29
• Updated: 31/Jul/15 02:22
• Resolved: 31/Jul/15 02:22

Description

parse a timestamp string and return the date portion

to_date(string timestamp): date

Returns the date part of a timestamp string: to_date("1970-01-01 00:00:00") = "1970-01-01" (in some date format)

Issue Links

• relates to: SPARK-8864 Date/time function and data type design
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #6988 (adrian-wang)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #7805 (davies)