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Priyadarshini commented on HIVE-2558:
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Hi Robert,

In the above query, timestamp is used as a column datatype of the table rrt.
So when u want to use the timestamp in the where clause of select statement, we 
should be able to tell that the data we are searching is a timestamp value.
Giving the field value in single/double quote will be treated as a string value 
and not timestamp value.
So when u wanted to retreive the results that satisfy the timestamp value you 
are specifying in where clause, the query should be

select * from rrt where r = unix_timestamp('1970-01-01 00:00:01');

This would be interpreted as data u r searching is a timestamp. 
Hope it helps 


Thanks,
Priya
                
> Timestamp comparisons don't work
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-2558
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2558
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Robert Surówka
>
> I may be missing something, but:
> After performing:
> create table rrt (r timestamp);
> insert into table rrt select '1970-01-01 00:00:01' from src limit 1;
> Following queries give undesirable results:
> select * from rrt where r in ('1970-01-01 00:00:01');
> select * from rrt where r in (0); 
> select * from rrt where r = 0; 
> select * from rrt where r = '1970-01-01 00:00:01';
> At least for the first two, the reason may be the lack of timestamp in 
> numericTypes Map from FunctionRegistry.java (591) . Yet whether we really 
> want to have a linear hierarchy of primitive types in the end, is another 
> question.

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