Github user anabranch commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16138#discussion_r99278738 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/datetimeExpressions.scala --- @@ -1047,6 +1048,64 @@ case class ToDate(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ImplicitCastIn } /** + * Parses a column to a date based on the given format. + */ +// scalastyle:off line.size.limit +@ExpressionDescription( + usage = "_FUNC_(date_str, fmt) - Parses the `left` expression with the `fmt` expression. Returns null with invalid input.", + extended = """ + Examples: + > SELECT _FUNC_('2016-12-31', 'yyyy-MM-dd'); + 2016-12-31 + """) +// scalastyle:on line.size.limit +case class ParseToDate(left: Expression, format: Expression, child: Expression) --- End diff -- I don't really understand this feedback. This is how I saw other `RuntimeReplaceable` expressions created.
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