CREATE TABLE timestamp_formats ( c1 string, c1_ts timestamp, c2 string, c2_ts timestamp, c3 string, c3_ts timestamp ); LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../../data/files/ts_formats.txt' overwrite into table timestamp_formats; SELECT * FROM timestamp_formats; -- Add single timestamp format. This should allow c3_ts to parse ALTER TABLE timestamp_formats SET SERDEPROPERTIES ("timestamp.formats"="yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"); SELECT * FROM timestamp_formats; -- Add another format, to allow c2_ts to parse ALTER TABLE timestamp_formats SET SERDEPROPERTIES ("timestamp.formats"="yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS"); SELECT * FROM timestamp_formats; DROP TABLE timestamp_formats;