walterddr commented on code in PR #11258: URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/11258#discussion_r1283397014
########## pinot-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/common/function/DateTimePatternHandler.java: ########## @@ -35,15 +35,23 @@ private DateTimePatternHandler() { */ public static long parseDateTimeStringToEpochMillis(String dateTimeString, String pattern) { DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = getDateTimeFormatter(pattern); - return dateTimeFormatter.parseMillis(dateTimeString); + return parseMillis(dateTimeString, dateTimeFormatter); } /** * Converts the dateTimeString of passed pattern into a long of the millis since epoch */ public static long parseDateTimeStringToEpochMillis(String dateTimeString, String pattern, String timezoneId) { DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = getDateTimeFormatter(pattern, timezoneId); - return dateTimeFormatter.parseMillis(dateTimeString); + return parseMillis(dateTimeString, dateTimeFormatter); + } + + private static long parseMillis(String dateTimeString, DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter) { + try { + return dateTimeFormatter.parseMillis(dateTimeString); + } catch (Exception e) { + return 0L; Review Comment: i have concerns on doing this by default. one alternative is to add a ``` fromDateTime(String dateTimeString, String pattern, long defaultValue) ``` and only allow returning default value when malformed dateTimeString is encountered otherwise still throw an exception. please share your thoughts -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@pinot.apache.org