Zoltan Ivanfi created HIVE-21351:
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             Summary: TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
                 Key: HIVE-21351
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-21351
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Task
            Reporter: Zoltan Ivanfi


As specified in the [design doc for TIMESTAMP 
types|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Different+TIMESTAMP+types],
 the TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE type shall behave like the 
[OffsetDateTime|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/OffsetDateTime.html]
 class of Java, i.e., each individual value includes a time zone offset as 
well. This definition leads to timestamps that not only identify specific time 
instants unambiguously, but also allow retrieval of the originating time zone 
offset.

For example, if storing 1969-07-20 16:17:39 in the Eastern Daylight Time to 
this type, the stored data can be retrieved and displayed as "1969-07-20 
16:17:39 (UTC -04:00)".

This behaviour is consistent with the SQL standard (revisions 2003 and higher).



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