pyspark-date-string.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
author SparkByExamples.com
"""

from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

# Create SparkSession
spark = SparkSession.builder \
               .appName('SparkByExamples.com') \
               .getOrCreate()

from pyspark.sql.functions import *

df=spark.createDataFrame([["1"]],["id"])
df.select(current_date().alias("current_date"), \
      date_format(current_date(),"yyyy MM dd").alias("yyyy MM dd"), \
      date_format(current_timestamp(),"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm").alias("MM/dd/yyyy"), \
      date_format(current_timestamp(),"yyyy MMM dd").alias("yyyy MMMM dd"), \
      date_format(current_timestamp(),"yyyy MMMM dd E").alias("yyyy MMMM dd E") \
   ).show()

#SQL

spark.sql("select current_date() as current_date, "+
      "date_format(current_timestamp(),'yyyy MM dd') as yyyy_MM_dd, "+
      "date_format(current_timestamp(),'MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm') as MM_dd_yyyy, "+
      "date_format(current_timestamp(),'yyyy MMM dd') as yyyy_MMMM_dd, "+
      "date_format(current_timestamp(),'yyyy MMMM dd E') as yyyy_MMMM_dd_E").show()