diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
index 05ec23f7ad47..04e4c99c445c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util
 import java.time._
 import java.time.chrono.IsoChronology
 import java.time.format.{DateTimeFormatter, DateTimeFormatterBuilder, DateTimeParseException, ResolverStyle}
-import java.time.temporal.{ChronoField, TemporalAccessor, TemporalQueries}
+import java.time.temporal.{ChronoField, TemporalAccessor, TemporalQueries, WeekFields}
 import java.util.Locale
 
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder
@@ -99,12 +99,35 @@ private object DateTimeFormatterHelper {
     new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive()
   }
 
-  def toFormatter(builder: DateTimeFormatterBuilder, locale: Locale): DateTimeFormatter = {
-    builder
-      .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1)
-      .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1)
-      .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 0)
-      .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 0)
+  def setDefaulting(builder: DateTimeFormatterBuilder,
+      locale: Locale,
+      isWeekBased: Boolean = false): DateTimeFormatterBuilder = {
+
+    val defaults = Seq(
+      (ChronoField.ERA, 1),
+      (ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 0),
+      (ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 0)
+    )
+
+    val weekDayBased = if (isWeekBased) {
+      Seq((ChronoField.DAY_OF_WEEK,
+        WeekFields.of(locale).getFirstDayOfWeek.getValue))
+    } else {
+      Seq(
+        (ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1),
+        (ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1))
+    }
+
+    (defaults ++ weekDayBased).foldLeft(builder) {
+      case (builder, (chrono, value)) =>
+        builder.parseDefaulting(chrono, value)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def toFormatter(builder: DateTimeFormatterBuilder,
+      locale: Locale,
+      isWeekBased: Boolean = false): DateTimeFormatter = {
+    setDefaulting(builder, locale, isWeekBased)
       .toFormatter(locale)
       .withChronology(IsoChronology.INSTANCE)
       .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT)
@@ -139,6 +162,13 @@ private object DateTimeFormatterHelper {
     builder
   }
 
+  def isWeekBasedPattern(pattern: String): Boolean = {
+    // Default values for parser needs to be changed when the pattern
+    // is week/year based.
+    // DAY_OF_MONTH and MONTH_OF_YEAR will be added by the week of the year.
+    Seq("YY", "w").exists(pattern.contains)
+  }
+
   def buildFormatter(
       pattern: String,
       locale: Locale,
@@ -148,7 +178,7 @@ private object DateTimeFormatterHelper {
     } else {
       createBuilder().appendPattern(pattern)
     }
-    toFormatter(builder, locale)
+    toFormatter(builder, locale, isWeekBasedPattern(pattern))
   }
 
   lazy val fractionFormatter: DateTimeFormatter = {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
index d9b508a563a8..f6b54e991956 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -845,6 +845,10 @@ class DateExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
         val sdf3 = new SimpleDateFormat(fmt3, Locale.US)
         sdf3.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(UTC))
 
+        // Week of Year relies on Locale to define the first day of the week.
+        val fmt4 = "YYYY-ww"
+        val sdf4 = new SimpleDateFormat(fmt4, Locale.US)
+
         withDefaultTimeZone(UTC) {
           for (zid <- outstandingZoneIds) {
             val timeZoneId = Option(zid.getId)
@@ -894,6 +898,11 @@ class DateExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
                 Literal("2015-07-24"),
                 Literal("not a valid format"), timeZoneId), null)
 
+            sdf4.setTimeZone(tz)
+            checkEvaluation(
+              ToUnixTimestamp(Literal("2020-06"), Literal(fmt4), timeZoneId),
+              sdf4.parse("2020-06").getTime/1000)
+
             // SPARK-28072 The codegen path for non-literal input should also work
             checkEvaluation(
               expression = ToUnixTimestamp(