So, to follow up on this.
A few lessons learned, when you print a timestamp, it will only show the
date/time in your current timezone, regardless of any conversions you
applied to it.
The trick is to convert it (cast) to a Long, and then the Java8 java.time.*
functions can translate to any timezo
I'm reading CSV with a timestamp clearly identified in the UTC timezone,
and I need to store this in a parquet format and eventually read it back
and convert to different timezones as needed.
Sounds straightforward, but this involves some crazy function calls and I'm
seeing strange results as I bu