Github user ravipesala commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/carbondata/pull/2966#discussion_r242417861
--- Diff: core/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/core/util/DataTypeUtil.java ---
@@ -959,6 +959,14 @@ public static void setDataTypeConverter(DataTypeConverter converterLocal) {
}
}
+ /**
+ * As each load can have it's own time format. Reset the thread local for each load.
+ */
+ public static void initializeFormatter() {
--- End diff --
Better rename to `clearFormatter`
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