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Ryan Blue updated HIVE-12195: ----------------------------- Description: Using an unknown time zone with the {{from_utc_timestamp}} or {{to_utc_timetamp}} methods returns the time un-adjusted instead of throwing an error: {code} hive> select from_utc_timestamp('2015-04-11 12:24:34.535', 'panda'); OK 2015-04-11 12:24:34.535 {code} This should be an error because users may attempt to adjust to valid but unknown zones, like PDT or MDT. This would produce incorrect results with no warning or error. was: Using an unknown time zone with the {{from_utc_timestamp}} or {{to_utc_timetamp}} methods returns the time un-adjusted instead of throwing an error: {code} hive> select from_utc_timestamp('2015-04-11 12:24:34.535', 'panda'); 2015-04-11 12:24:34.535 {code} This should be an error because users may attempt to adjust to valid but unknown zones, like PDT or MDT. This would produce incorrect results with no warning or error. > Unknown zones should cause an error instead of silently failing > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-12195 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-12195 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Hive > Reporter: Ryan Blue > > Using an unknown time zone with the {{from_utc_timestamp}} or > {{to_utc_timetamp}} methods returns the time un-adjusted instead of throwing > an error: > {code} > hive> select from_utc_timestamp('2015-04-11 12:24:34.535', 'panda'); > OK > 2015-04-11 12:24:34.535 > {code} > This should be an error because users may attempt to adjust to valid but > unknown zones, like PDT or MDT. This would produce incorrect results with no > warning or error. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)