diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index ba4d1314bab2..adb6e9d55c0b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ case class Cast(child: Expression, dataType: DataType, timeZoneId: Option[String
   // TimestampConverter
   private[this] def castToTimestamp(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case StringType =>
-      buildCast[UTF8String](_, utfs => DateTimeUtils.stringToTimestamp(utfs, timeZone).orNull)
+      buildCast[UTF8String](_, utfs => DateTimeUtils.stringToTimestamp(
+        UTF8String.fromString(utfs.toString.trim), timeZone).orNull)
     case BooleanType =>
       buildCast[Boolean](_, b => if (b) 1L else 0)
     case LongType =>
@@ -393,7 +394,9 @@ case class Cast(child: Expression, dataType: DataType, timeZoneId: Option[String
   // DateConverter
   private[this] def castToDate(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case StringType =>
-      buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => DateTimeUtils.stringToDate(s).orNull)
+      buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => DateTimeUtils.stringToDate(
+        UTF8String.fromString(s.toString.trim)
+      ).orNull)
     case TimestampType =>
       // throw valid precision more than seconds, according to Hive.
       // Timestamp.nanos is in 0 to 999,999,999, no more than a second.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
index 5b25bdf907c3..32bfb8a152a3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class CastSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
     c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0)
     checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal("2015-03-18"), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
     checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal("2015-03-18 "), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
+    checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal(" 2015-03-18"), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
     checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal("2015-03-18 123142"), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
     checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal("2015-03-18T123123"), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
     checkEvaluation(Cast(Literal("2015-03-18T"), DateType), new Date(c.getTimeInMillis))
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ class CastSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
       c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0)
       checkCastStringToTimestamp("2015-03-18", new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis))
       checkCastStringToTimestamp("2015-03-18 ", new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis))
+      checkCastStringToTimestamp(" 2015-03-18", new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis))
       checkCastStringToTimestamp("2015-03-18T", new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis))
 
       c = Calendar.getInstance(tz)