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Enhance TimeStampArray to support IANA/Olson TZ strings

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by locating the C# implementation of TimestampArray and its existing timezone handling and tests. Compare the current behavior with the schema's IANA/Olson identifier examples, then verify that TimestampArray accepts identifiers such as America/New_York while retaining support for absolute offsets.

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Describe the enhancement requested

Summary

The format of a Timestamp may include an IANA/Olson timezone identifier, but this is not currently supported by the C# implementation in TimestampArray.

From the schema:


The time zone is a string indicating the name of a time zone, one of:

 * As used in the Olson time zone database (the "tz database" or
   "tzdata"), such as "America/New_York"
 * An absolute time zone offset of the form +XX:XX or -XX:XX, such as +07:30

Acceptance Criteria

  • TimestampArray must support IANA/Olson timezone identifiers.

Reporter: Adam Szmigin / @mr-smidge

Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-9515. Please see the migration documentation for further details.

Copied from https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25583

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