wgtmac commented on code in PR #1867: URL: https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/1867#discussion_r1562009606
########## site/_docs/types.md: ########## @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ create table Foobar ( ORC includes two different forms of timestamps from the SQL world: -* **Timestamp** is a date and time without a time zone, which does not change based on the time zone of the reader. +* **Timestamp** is a date and time without a time zone, where the timestamp value is stored in the writer timezone +encoded at the stripe level, if present. ORC readers will read this value back into the reader's timezone. Usually +both writer and reader timezones default to UTC, however older ORC files may contain non-UTC writer timezones Review Comment: IMHO, we'd better not expose the implementation detail here. The original summary and the table below well explains what to expect from users. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
