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Julien Le Dem reopened PIG-3014: -------------------------------- I see a failing test: org.apache.pig.test.TestBuiltin.testConversionBetweenDateTimeAndString java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.pig.builtin.CurrentTime.exec(CurrentTime.java:41) at org.apache.pig.test.TestBuiltin.testConversionBetweenDateTimeAndString(TestBuiltin.java:450) > CurrentTime() UDF has undesirable characteristics > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: PIG-3014 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-3014 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Jonathan Coveney > Assignee: Jonathan Coveney > Fix For: 0.12 > > Attachments: PIG-3014-0.patch, PIG-3014-1.patch, PIG-3014-2.patch > > > As part of the explanation of the new DateTime datatype I noticed that we had > added a CurrentTime() UDF. The issue with this UDF is that it returns the > current time _of every exec invocation_, which can lead to confusing results. > In PIG-1431 I proposed a way such that every instance of the same NOW() will > return the same time, which I think is better. Would enjoy thoughts. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira