Hello,
Are there plans to support timestamps that cannot be represented by a
signed 32-bit integer number of seconds since the UNIX epoch? (i.e. those
before 1970 or after a certain point in 2038). Currently Hive's behavior
regarding these timestamps is inconsistent, because it is possible to
Since this does seem to be a problem in Hive, I went ahead and created a
JIRA with a design proposal of a backward-compatible solution.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4525
Years earlier than 1970 in particular are an important case for supporting
historical data in many business
