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I don't think we should revert this fully. This also fixes a bug with as_datetime flag. Per mailing list discussion let me see if I can get round trip this evening

OK. I won't be able to spend any time on it for several days at least

I'll work on it tonight and try to get something out one way or another. Enjoy your time off

Let's just verify the Spark tests pass after the reverting.

@ursabot crossbow submit test-conda-python-3.8-spark-master

@ursabot crossbow submit test-conda-python-3.8-spark-master

AMD64 Conda Crossbow Submit (#120385) builder failed.

Revision: 12840af

Clone Arrow: update (failure) step's stderr:

Cloning into '.'...
fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/pull/7802/merge

@kszucs is there a way to kick off Spark integration tests right now on master?

@BryanCutler I already submitted them, the spark tests are still running https://github.com/ursa-labs/crossbow/branches/all?query=build-871

@BryanCutler seems like the spark tests are passing with the current master.

great, thanks @kszucs !