Provide the date and epoch data type support #987
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When handling date & time related data, having only the date_time data type leads to complexities in processing as it can be either date, date with time or an epoch time. Those time formats are widely used formats and used for different scenarios. The UX for such data types also different.
There should be first class identifier about the type of the data, then we can provide support to define the patterns if the current pattern not align with the ISO formats of the above defined types.