Background
Currently, the pattern ddMMMyyyy doesn't work for dates like 11JAN2026, only 11Sep2012.
In Java this is fixed by making the formatter case-insensitive:
val formatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
.parseCaseInsensitive()
.appendPattern("ddMMMyyyy")
.toFormatter(Locale.ENGLISH);
However, Spark does not do that and patterns are case sensitive.
Feature
Add support for capitalized month names when casting dates.
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