Hi, I have a data set with a date format like below and I am trying to convert it to ISO format. I keep getting the error: either Backend error : null or it dumps completely empty brackets. Could you please give me any suggestion on this?
Many thank, This is the script I am running: register /home/hadoop/pig/jars/piggybank.jar; DEFINE ToISOFormat org.apache.pig.piggybank.evaluation.datetime.convert.CustomFormatToISO(); DEFINE ISOToUnix org.apache.pig.piggybank.evaluation.datetime.convert.ISOToUnix(); A = load '/tmp/data/sky/oct' using PigStorage(',') as (timestamp:chararray, user_id:chararray); R1 = FOREACH A GENERATE ToISOFormat(timestamp, 'MMM d YYYY K:mm') as unix_time:long; DUMP R1; (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,927b622ef82742428e56bad1289c2c66) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,9d759e2d2aac4f68968cbd3bb65d3316) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,9e18c1d308314abfa730dc6606ac2ae4) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,9e6df69b765b416688c205537b1f7e48) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,9f6b69235a77406f98e87447b8627105) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,b5f1c4b5710b4beebfeb7e6a02b9b1f6) (Oct 7 2013 8:19PM,b9320f14fc984ab5a0343d1569f15317) -- *Aida MASHKOURI NAJAFI* DaTA SCIENTIST T. +44(0) 20 7775 5625 *[image: Infectious Media]* 3-7 Herbal Hill / London / EC1R 5EJ www.infectiousmedia.com [image: Infectious Media] <http://www.infectiousmedia.com/> [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/infectiousmedia> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/infectiousmedia> [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/infectious-media-ltd> [image: Youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/InfectiousMediaLtd>