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Emit and Read min/max statistics for int96 timestamp columns

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by tracing parquet-java's existing statistics handling for timestamp columns and compare the expected int96 min/max representation with the behavior of known-good writers such as Photon. The work is done when parquet-java emits and reads correct min/max statistics for int96 timestamp columns, with coverage for both paths.

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Description

Type: enhancement
Describe the enhancement requested

Parquet-java does not emit or read stats for int96 timestamp columns. Since int96 is used as the default timestamp in spark, this limits a lot of optimization opportunities. Engines like Photon populate the statistics for the int96 timestamps correctly. So parquet-java coud also emit the statistics, and also allow reading these statistics from known good writers.

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