MaxGekk commented on issue #24185: [SPARK-27252][SQL] Make current_date() 
independent from time zones
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/24185#issuecomment-476578718
 
 
   > timestamp is timezone dependent while **date is not**. For current_date, 
it seems the timezone **shifting is reasonable**. 
   
   The **current_date()** returns a value of DateType which is time zone 
independent, and actually stores number of days since epoch (in UTC time zone). 
And Spark assumes that in many places. How can it be shifted by time zone 
offset?
   
   > when I run current_date in a database, I'd expect the result matches my 
local calendar.
   
   I would guess you speak about textual representation of current_date result? 
If so, conversion `DateType` -> `StringType` should care about time zone offset 
which what the `date_format()` function does.

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