Evolution of Date Parsing in Apache Spark: Spark 3 and Beyond
Briefly

Spark primarily relied on the Java SimpleDateFormat for date parsing, which could lead to issues related to thread safety and performance, especially in distributed environments.
The integration of the Java Time API allowed Spark to support nanosecond precision for timestamp data, a significant enhancement compared to the millisecond precision in earlier versions.
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