[SPARK-29187][SQL] Return null from date_part() for the null field
#25865
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
In the PR, I propose to change behavior of the
date_part()function in handlingnullfield, and make it the same as PostgreSQL has. Iffieldparameter isnull, the function should returnnullof thedoubletype as PostgreSQL does:Why are the changes needed?
The
date_part()function was added to maintain feature parity with PostgreSQL but current behavior of the function is different in handling null asfield.Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes.
Before:
After:
How was this patch tested?
Add new tests to `DateFunctionsSuite for 2 cases:
field=null,source= a date literalfield=null,source= a date column