Looks like you forgot an import for Date.
FYI
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com>
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> Hi,
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> writing a UDF to convert a string into Date
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> def ChangeDate(word : String) : Date = {
> | return
> TO_DATE(FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(word),"dd/MM/yyyy"),"yyyy-MM-dd")
> | }
> <console>:19: error: not found: type Date
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> That code to_date.. works OK in sql but not here. It is complaining about
> to_date?
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> Any ideas will be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Dr Mich Talebzadeh
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