GitHub user buptljy opened a pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5615
[FLINK-6895][table]Add STR_TO_DATE supported in SQL
## What is the purpose of the change
Add STR_TO_DATE Function supported in SQL
## Brief change log
* STR_TO_DATE(str string, format string)
\- str is the string that need to be transformed.
\- format is the pattern of "str"
* Add tests in ScalarFunctionsTest.scala
* Add docs in sql.md
## Verifying this change
* Run unit tests in ScalarFunctionsTest.scala
## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts:
* A new sql function
## Documentation
* Add docs in sql.md
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$ git pull https://github.com/buptljy/flink master
Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5615.patch
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This closes #5615
commit 59752143ee438cb11969ae4bdda1fac5fc32813c
Author: Liao Jiayi
Date: 2018-03-01T11:58:08Z
add str_to_date sql function
commit 63f71e4b3d6378f2114aa04ba4d1128f1ec3bc38
Author: Liao Jiayi
Date: 2018-03-01T11:58:41Z
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:apache/flink
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