Add a make_date function (#9040)

* Add a make_date function #9024

* Fixed error message #9024

* minor typo fix.

datafusion-examples/README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cargo run --example csv_sql
 - [`simple_udaf.rs`](examples/simple_udaf.rs): Define and invoke a User Defined Aggregate Function (UDAF)
 - [`advanced_udaf.rs`](examples/advanced_udaf.rs): Define and invoke a more complicated User Defined Aggregate Function (UDAF)
 - [`simple_udfw.rs`](examples/simple_udwf.rs): Define and invoke a User Defined Window Function (UDWF)
+- [`make_date.rs`](examples/make_date.rs): Examples of using the make_date function
 - [`to_timestamp.rs`](examples/to_timestamp.rs): Examples of using the to_timestamp functions
 - [`advanced_udwf.rs`](examples/advanced_udwf.rs): Define and invoke a more complicated User Defined Window Function (UDWF)
 

datafusion-examples/examples/make_date.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use datafusion::arrow::array::Int32Array;
+use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use datafusion::arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+use datafusion::error::Result;
+use datafusion::prelude::*;
+use datafusion_common::assert_contains;
+
+/// This example demonstrates how to use the make_date
+/// function in the DataFrame API as well as via sql.
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // define a schema.
+    let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+        Field::new("y", DataType::Int32, false),
+        Field::new("m", DataType::Int32, false),
+        Field::new("d", DataType::Int32, false),
+    ]));
+
+    // define data.
+    let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
+        schema,
+        vec![
+            Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024])),
+            Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5])),
+            Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![15, 16, 17, 18, 19])),
+        ],
+    )?;
+
+    // declare a new context. In spark API, this corresponds to a new spark SQLsession
+    let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+
+    // declare a table in memory. In spark API, this corresponds to createDataFrame(...).
+    ctx.register_batch("t", batch)?;
+    let df = ctx.table("t").await?;
+
+    // use make_date function to convert col 'y', 'm' & 'd' to a date
+    let df = df.with_column("a", make_date(col("y"), col("m"), col("d")))?;
+    // use make_date function to convert col 'y' & 'm' with a static day to a date
+    let df = df.with_column("b", make_date(col("y"), col("m"), lit(22)))?;
+
+    let df = df.select_columns(&["a", "b"])?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // use sql to convert col 'y', 'm' & 'd' to a date
+    let df = ctx.sql("select make_date(y, m, d) from t").await?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // use sql to convert col 'y' & 'm' with a static string day to a date
+    let df = ctx.sql("select make_date(y, m, '22') from t").await?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // math expressions work
+    let df = ctx.sql("select make_date(y + 1, m, d) from t").await?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // you can cast to supported types (int, bigint, varchar) if required
+    let df = ctx
+        .sql("select make_date(2024::bigint, 01::bigint, 27::varchar(3))")
+        .await?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // arrow casts also work
+    let df = ctx
+        .sql("select make_date(arrow_cast(2024, 'Int64'), arrow_cast(1, 'Int64'), arrow_cast(27, 'Int64'))")
+        .await?;
+
+    // print the results
+    df.show().await?;
+
+    // invalid column values will result in an error
+    let result = ctx
+        .sql("select make_date(2024, null, 23)")
+        .await?
+        .collect()
+        .await;
+
+    let expected = "Execution error: Unable to parse date from null/empty value";
+    assert_contains!(result.unwrap_err().to_string(), expected);
+
+    // invalid date values will also result in an error
+    let result = ctx
+        .sql("select make_date(2024, 01, 32)")
+        .await?
+        .collect()
+        .await;
+
+    let expected = "Execution error: Unable to parse date from 2024, 1, 32";
+    assert_contains!(result.unwrap_err().to_string(), expected);
+
+    Ok(())
+}

datafusion/expr/src/built_in_function.rs

@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ pub enum BuiltinScalarFunction {
     CurrentDate,
     /// current_time
     CurrentTime,
+    /// make_date
+    MakeDate,
     /// translate
     Translate,
     /// trim
@@ -484,6 +486,7 @@ impl BuiltinScalarFunction {
             BuiltinScalarFunction::ToTimestampMicros => Volatility::Immutable,
             BuiltinScalarFunction::ToTimestampNanos => Volatility::Immutable,
             BuiltinScalarFunction::ToTimestampSeconds => Volatility::Immutable,
+            BuiltinScalarFunction::MakeDate => Volatility::Immutable,
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Translate => Volatility::Immutable,
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Trim => Volatility::Immutable,
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Upper => Volatility::Immutable,
@@ -834,6 +837,7 @@ impl BuiltinScalarFunction {
             }
             BuiltinScalarFunction::CurrentDate => Ok(Date32),
             BuiltinScalarFunction::CurrentTime => Ok(Time64(Nanosecond)),
+            BuiltinScalarFunction::MakeDate => Ok(Date32),
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Translate => {
                 utf8_to_str_type(&input_expr_types[0], "translate")
             }
@@ -1379,6 +1383,11 @@ impl BuiltinScalarFunction {
             | BuiltinScalarFunction::CurrentTime => {
                 Signature::uniform(0, vec![], self.volatility())
             }
+            BuiltinScalarFunction::MakeDate => Signature::uniform(
+                3,
+                vec![Int32, Int64, UInt32, UInt64, Utf8],
+                self.volatility(),
+            ),
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Isnan | BuiltinScalarFunction::Iszero => {
                 Signature::one_of(
                     vec![Exact(vec![Float32]), Exact(vec![Float64])],
@@ -1523,6 +1532,7 @@ impl BuiltinScalarFunction {
             BuiltinScalarFunction::Now => &["now"],
             BuiltinScalarFunction::CurrentDate => &["current_date", "today"],
             BuiltinScalarFunction::CurrentTime => &["current_time"],
+            BuiltinScalarFunction::MakeDate => &["make_date"],
             BuiltinScalarFunction::DateBin => &["date_bin"],
             BuiltinScalarFunction::DateTrunc => &["date_trunc", "datetrunc"],
             BuiltinScalarFunction::DatePart => &["date_part", "datepart"],

datafusion/expr/src/expr_fn.rs

@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ scalar_expr!(
 scalar_expr!(CurrentDate, current_date, ,"returns current UTC date as a [`DataType::Date32`] value");
 scalar_expr!(Now, now, ,"returns current timestamp in nanoseconds, using the same value for all instances of now() in same statement");
 scalar_expr!(CurrentTime, current_time, , "returns current UTC time as a [`DataType::Time64`] value");
+scalar_expr!(MakeDate, make_date, year month day, "make a date from year, month and day component parts");
 scalar_expr!(Nanvl, nanvl, x y, "returns x if x is not NaN otherwise returns y");
 scalar_expr!(
     Isnan,