Java tutorial
package brickhouse.udf.date; /** * Copyright 2012 Klout, Inc * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * **/ import java.util.Date; import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Description; import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import org.joda.time.*; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; /** * * Arrrrggghhh ... * Implement our own date_format UDF * * */ @Description(name = "date_format", value = "_FUNC_(date,fromFormatString,toFormatString) - Formats a Hive Date according to a Joda pattern string ") public class DateFormatUDF extends UDF { ////private static final DateTimeFormatter YYYYMMDDHH = org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat.forPattern("YYYYMMddHH"); public String evaluate(String dt, String fromFormatString, String toFormatString) { DateTimeFormatter fromFormatter = org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat.forPattern(fromFormatString); DateTimeFormatter toFormatter = org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat.forPattern(toFormatString); DateTime fromDt = fromFormatter.parseDateTime(dt); String formatted = toFormatter.print(fromDt); return formatted; } }