[GitHub] [spark] dongjoon-hyun commented on a change in pull request #24325: [SPARK-27414][SQL] make it clear that date type is timezone independent

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dongjoon-hyun commented on a change in pull request #24325: [SPARK-27414][SQL] make it clear that date type is timezone independent
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/24325#discussion_r273580769
 
 

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 File path: docs/sql-reference.md
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 @@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ Spark SQL and DataFrames support the following data types:
   - `BooleanType`: Represents boolean values.
 * Datetime type
   - `TimestampType`: Represents values comprising values of fields year, month, day,
-  hour, minute, and second.
-  - `DateType`: Represents values comprising values of fields year, month, day.
+  hour, minute, and second, with the session local time-zone. The timestamp value represents an
+  absolute point in time.
+  - `DateType`: Represents values comprising values of fields year, month, day, without a time-zone.
 
 Review comment:
   nit. `, day` -> `, and day`

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