From 2d8ca9557d5432b8a3ad794706e951cea82b4383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lisa Owen <lowen@pivotal.io>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:03:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs - note for pxf parquet date conversion (#7483)

* docs - note for pxf parquet date conversion

* localize to system time first
---
 gpdb-doc/markdown/pxf/hdfs_parquet.html.md.erb | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gpdb-doc/markdown/pxf/hdfs_parquet.html.md.erb b/gpdb-doc/markdown/pxf/hdfs_parquet.html.md.erb
index 09537ed908..dc015b8f89 100644
--- a/gpdb-doc/markdown/pxf/hdfs_parquet.html.md.erb
+++ b/gpdb-doc/markdown/pxf/hdfs_parquet.html.md.erb
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ To read and write Parquet primitive data types in Greenplum Database, map Parque
 | int64 | Bigint |
 | int96 | Timestamp |
 
+**Note**: When writing to Parquet, PXF localizes a `timestamp` to the current system timezone and converts it to universal time (UT) before finally converting to `int96`.
+
 
 ## <a id="profile_cet"></a>Creating the External Table
 
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