jorisvandenbossche commented on a change in pull request #11358: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11358#discussion_r727130287
########## File path: cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_string_test.cc ########## @@ -1429,6 +1430,17 @@ TYPED_TEST(TestStringKernels, Strptime) { this->CheckUnary("strptime", input1, timestamp(TimeUnit::MICRO), output1, &options); } +TYPED_TEST(TestStringKernels, StrptimeZoneOffset) { + if (!arrow::internal::kStrptimeSupportsZone) { + GTEST_SKIP() << "strptime does not support %z on this platform"; + } + std::string input1 = R"(["5/1/2020 +01", null, "12/11/1900 -01:30"])"; + std::string output1 = + R"(["2020-04-30T23:00:00.000000", null, "1900-12-11T01:30:00.000000"])"; + StrptimeOptions options("%m/%d/%Y %z", TimeUnit::MICRO); + this->CheckUnary("strptime", input1, timestamp(TimeUnit::MICRO), output1, &options); Review comment: > It's unclear since some kernels (accidentally or perhaps purposely?) don't accept zoned timestamps, Starting to return zoned timestamps in more cases might indeed uncover those cases, but I think those should all be considered as bugs (or oversights), and can be fixed. So I wouldn't let that influence the decision on what should be the proper return type in principle. -- 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: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org