How do I convert a string which is actually a date with timezone to a timestamp in Presto?

Question

Example : 2017-12-24 23:59:59.000 PST

This does not work

select date_parse(\'2017-12-24 23:59:59.000 PST\',\'%Y-%m-%d %T.%f %x\')

Sure

Answer 1

date_parse doesn't seem to support time zones, use parse_datetime instead:

presto> select parse_datetime('2017-12-24 23:59:59.000 PST', 'YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS z');
                    _col0
---------------------------------------------
 2017-12-24 23:59:59.000 America/Los_Angeles
(1 row)