[SPARK-19561][SQL] add int case handling for TimestampType

## What changes were proposed in this pull request?

Add handling of input of type `Int` for dataType `TimestampType` to `EvaluatePython.scala`. Py4J serializes ints smaller than MIN_INT or larger than MAX_INT to Long, which are handled correctly already, but values between MIN_INT and MAX_INT are serialized to Int.

These range limits correspond to roughly half an hour on either side of the epoch. As a result, PySpark doesn't allow TimestampType values to be created in this range.

Alternatives attempted: patching the `TimestampType.toInternal` function to cast return values to `long`, so Py4J would always serialize them to Scala Long. Python3 does not have a `long` type, so this approach failed on Python3.

## How was this patch tested?

Added a new PySpark-side test that fails without the change.

The contribution is my original work and I license the work to the project under the project’s open source license.

Resubmission of https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/16896. The original PR didn't go through Jenkins and broke the build. davies dongjoon-hyun

cloud-fan Could you kick off a Jenkins run for me? It passed everything for me locally, but it's possible something has changed in the last few weeks.

Author: Jason White <jason.white@shopify.com>

Closes #17200 from JasonMWhite/SPARK-19561.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/EvaluatePython.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/EvaluatePython.scala
index 46fd54e5c7..fcd84705f7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/EvaluatePython.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/EvaluatePython.scala
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ object EvaluatePython {
     case (c: Int, DateType) => c
 
     case (c: Long, TimestampType) => c
+    // Py4J serializes values between MIN_INT and MAX_INT as Ints, not Longs
+    case (c: Int, TimestampType) => c.toLong
 
     case (c, StringType) => UTF8String.fromString(c.toString)