pyspark.sql.functions.try_make_interval#

pyspark.sql.functions.try_make_interval(years=None, months=None, weeks=None, days=None, hours=None, mins=None, secs=None)[source]#

This is a special version of make_interval that performs the same operation, but returns a NULL value instead of raising an error if interval cannot be created.

New in version 4.0.0.

Parameters

yearsColumn or column name, optional: The number of years, positive or negative.
monthsColumn or column name, optional: The number of months, positive or negative.
weeksColumn or column name, optional: The number of weeks, positive or negative.
daysColumn or column name, optional: The number of days, positive or negative.
hoursColumn or column name, optional: The number of hours, positive or negative.
minsColumn or column name, optional: The number of minutes, positive or negative.
secsColumn or column name, optional: The number of seconds with the fractional part in microsecond precision.

Returns

Column: A new column that contains an interval.

See also

pyspark.sql.functions.make_interval()
pyspark.sql.functions.make_dt_interval()
pyspark.sql.functions.make_ym_interval()

Examples

Example 1: Try make interval from years, months, weeks, days, hours, mins and secs.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(
...     sf.try_make_interval(df.year, df.month, 'week', df.day, 'hour', df.min, df.sec)
... ).show(truncate=False)
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, week, day, hour, min, sec)      |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months 8 days 12 hours 30 minutes 1.001001 seconds|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+

Example 2: Try make interval from years, months, weeks, days, hours and mins.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(
...     sf.try_make_interval(df.year, df.month, 'week', df.day, df.hour, df.min)
... ).show(truncate=False)
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, week, day, hour, min, 0)|
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months 8 days 12 hours 30 minutes         |
+-------------------------------------------------------+

Example 3: Try make interval from years, months, weeks, days and hours.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(
...     sf.try_make_interval(df.year, df.month, 'week', df.day, df.hour)
... ).show(truncate=False)
+-----------------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, week, day, hour, 0, 0)|
+-----------------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months 8 days 12 hours                  |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

Example 4: Try make interval from years, months, weeks and days.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(sf.try_make_interval(df.year, 'month', df.week, df.day)).show(truncate=False)
+--------------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, week, day, 0, 0, 0)|
+--------------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months 8 days                        |
+--------------------------------------------------+

Example 5: Try make interval from years, months and weeks.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(sf.try_make_interval(df.year, 'month', df.week)).show(truncate=False)
+------------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, week, 0, 0, 0, 0)|
+------------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months 7 days                      |
+------------------------------------------------+

Example 6: Try make interval from years and months.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(sf.try_make_interval(df.year, 'month')).show(truncate=False)
+---------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, month, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)|
+---------------------------------------------+
|100 years 11 months                          |
+---------------------------------------------+

Example 7: Try make interval from years.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([[100, 11, 1, 1, 12, 30, 01.001001]],
...     ['year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'min', 'sec'])
>>> df.select(sf.try_make_interval(df.year)).show(truncate=False)
+-----------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(year, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)|
+-----------------------------------------+
|100 years                                |
+-----------------------------------------+

Example 8: Try make empty interval.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> spark.range(1).select(sf.try_make_interval()).show(truncate=False)
+--------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)|
+--------------------------------------+
|0 seconds                             |
+--------------------------------------+

Example 9: Try make interval from years with overflow.

>>> import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
>>> spark.range(1).select(sf.try_make_interval(sf.lit(2147483647))).show(truncate=False)
+-----------------------------------------------+
|try_make_interval(2147483647, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)|
+-----------------------------------------------+
|NULL                                           |
+-----------------------------------------------+