eerhardt commented on pull request #7654: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/7654#issuecomment-656832270
Can we just introduce new `Append(DateTime value)` and `GetDateAsDateTime(int index)` APIs instead of making a breaking change? In general, DateTimeOffset is the preferred type to use when talking about dates and times. The reasoning is because exactly what you point out in the JIRA issue - DateTime.Kind is very confusing and can cause a lot of problems. So we generally recommend users to use DateTimeOffset unless they have a strong reason to use DateTime. So I'd suggest to keep the existing code (the builder is based on DateTimeOffset), but to also add new `Append(DateTime value)` overloads to solve the issue you logged. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
