Hi Mich, Take a look https://spark.apache.org/docs/1.6.1/api/java/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.html#unix_timestamp(org.apache.spark.sql.Column,%20java.lang.String)
cheers, Tamas On 24 March 2016 at 14:29, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to convert a date in Spark temporary table > > Tried few approaches. > > scala> sql("select paymentdate, to_date(paymentdate) from tmp") > res21: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [paymentdate: string, _c1: date] > > > scala> sql("select paymentdate, to_date(paymentdate) from tmp").first > *res22: org.apache.spark.sql.Row = [10/02/2014,null]* > > My date is stored as String dd/MM/yyyy as shown above. However, to_date() > returns null! > > > Thanks > > > Dr Mich Talebzadeh > > > > LinkedIn * > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* > > > > http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com > > >