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TO_DATE(FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(paymentdate,'dd/MM/yyyy'),'yyyy-MM-dd')) AS paymentdate FROM HTH Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com On 1 June 2016 at 12:16, pseudo oduesp <pseudo20...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi , > can i ask you how we can convert string like dd/mm/yyyy to date type in > hivecontext? > > i try with unix_timestemp and with format date but i get null . > thank you. >
