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Which issue does this PR close?

Part of #1863. The converter that emits this function follows in a separate PR, once this one merges.

To show where this is going, the converter change is previewable here: weiqingy#1 (a draft in my fork, diffed against this PR's branch so it shows only the converter side). That PR will be opened against this repo after this one lands.

Rationale for this change

Flink's UNIX_TIMESTAMP converts a formatted date-time string to a Unix timestamp in seconds. AIP-1 lists it as a Phase 1 built-in function. Supporting it natively is the first step; this PR adds the native (Rust) evaluation, and a follow-up PR wires the Flink converter to emit it.

The hard part is matching Flink's parsing exactly. Flink parses with java.text.SimpleDateFormat in its default lenient mode, so it accepts non-zero-padded fields, field rollover, and trailing input. A strict parser diverges from Flink on the default format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss as soon as a field is not zero-padded, and would return a wrong timestamp rather than an error. So this implements a lenient parser rather than delegating to a strict one.

What changes are included in this PR?

A new Flink_UnixTimestamp ext scalar function in datafusion-ext-functions, registered through the existing ext-function path (no proto change).

It takes three string arguments [value, format, zoneId] and returns an Int64. The format is a translated strftime-style pattern and the zone is resolved by the caller; the converter PR supplies both.

The parser reproduces SimpleDateFormat lenient semantics for the supported fields: variable field widths, rollover normalization, tolerant of trailing input, a leading minus on numeric fields. It also handles the Julian/Gregorian hybrid calendar (cutover 1582-10-15), since GregorianCalendar is a hybrid while chrono is proleptic Gregorian, and resolves DST-ambiguous or nonexistent local times using the zone's standard offset, matching Flink.

Failure semantics match Flink: an unparseable string yields Long.MIN_VALUE, a NULL input yields NULL, and the milliseconds-to-seconds step truncates toward zero.

The function is registered but not yet emitted by any planner, so this PR is self-contained and dormant until the converter lands.

Are there any user-facing changes?

No. The function is not reachable from SQL until the converter PR is merged.

How was this patch tested?

18 unit tests derived from a differential oracle that was validated against real java.text.SimpleDateFormat across a large randomized set of (input, format, timezone) inputs. Coverage includes the happy path, field rollover, non-padded fields, trailing garbage, NULL, unparseable-to-Long.MIN_VALUE, DST gap and overlap across several zones, pre-1970 negative timestamps, pre-1582 hybrid-calendar dates, the arity guard, and canonical field widths.

…r function

Add the native Rust half of Flink's UNIX_TIMESTAMP: a scalar ext function
that parses a formatted date-time string to a Unix timestamp in seconds,
matching Flink's java.text.SimpleDateFormat lenient semantics.

The parser reimplements lenient field parsing (rollover, non-padded fields,
trailing input tolerance), the Julian/Gregorian hybrid calendar (cutover
1582-10-15), and DST resolution via the zone's standard offset for ambiguous
or nonexistent local times. Unparseable input yields Long.MIN_VALUE; NULL
input yields NULL; arity is validated.

The function is registered but unreferenced until the Flink converter that
emits it is added, so this change is self-contained.
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Pull request overview

Adds a native (Rust) implementation of Flink’s UNIX_TIMESTAMP as an ext scalar function in the DataFusion extension layer, including a lenient parser intended to match java.text.SimpleDateFormat behavior, and wires it into the existing ext-function registry (dormant until planner/converter support lands).

Changes:

  • Register new ext scalar function name Flink_UnixTimestamp in the shared ext-function factory.
  • Implement a lenient, SimpleDateFormat-like date/time string parser with timezone/DST and hybrid Julian/Gregorian calendar handling.
  • Add unit tests covering parsing leniency, rollover, DST gap/overlap, failure semantics (i64::MIN), and NULL propagation.

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native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/lib.rs Registers Flink_UnixTimestamp in the ext-function factory.
native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/flink_datetime.rs Implements the native Flink UNIX_TIMESTAMP evaluator and its unit tests.

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}
"Spark_IsNaN" => Arc::new(spark_isnan::spark_isnan),
"Flink_UnixTimestamp" => Arc::new(flink_datetime::flink_unix_timestamp),
_ => df_unimplemented_err!("spark ext function not implemented: {name}")?,
Comment on lines +30 to +32
/// Flink `UNIX_TIMESTAMP(value, format)`: parse a formatted date-time string to
/// a Unix timestamp in seconds, replicating `java.text.SimpleDateFormat`
/// lenient semantics.
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Hi @Tartarus0zm, could you please help review this PR when you get a chance? Thanks!

… native doc

The registry now dispatches Flink functions in addition to Spark, so the
not-implemented fallthrough message no longer says spark. Also clarify that
the doc comment's UNIX_TIMESTAMP(value, format) refers to the Flink SQL
function, distinct from the native arity-3 [value, chronoFormat, zoneId]
contract described just below it.
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Comment on lines +334 to +337
let naive: NaiveDateTime = match DateTime::from_timestamp(local_sec, 0) {
Some(dt) => dt.naive_utc(),
None => return 0,
};
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