diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b899dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec16dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c55dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+{ "date1": parse-date("2013-8-23", "YY-M-D"), "date2": parse-date("Aug 12 -12", "MMM D Y"), "date3": parse-date("-1234-01-01", "YYYY-MM-DD"), "date4": parse-date("09/11/-1980", "D/M/Y"),
+  "time1": parse-time("8:23:49", "h:m:s"), "time2": parse-time("8.19.23:32", "h.m.s:nn"), "time3": parse-time("08.19.23:32 pm", "h.m.s:nn a"), "time4": parse-time("6:30:40.948 pm PST", "h:mm:ss.nnn a z"),
+  "datetime1": parse-datetime("Dec 30 -1203 3:48:27 PM", "MMM DD YYYY h:m:s a"), "datetime2": parse-datetime("12/30/-1203 03:48:27.392 PM Asia/Shanghai", "MM/DD/YYY hh:mm:ss.nnn a z"), "datetime3": parse-datetime("1723-12-03T23:59:23.392Z", "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnnz"), "datetime4": parse-datetime("1723-12-03T23:59:23.392-04:00", "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnnz") }
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c3941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_01/parse_01.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "date1": date("2013-08-23"), "date2": date("-0012-08-12"), "date3": date("-1234-01-01"), "date4": date("-1980-11-09"), "time1": time("08:23:49.000Z"), "time2": time("08:19:23.320Z"), "time3": time("20:19:23.320Z"), "time4": time("10:30:40.948Z"), "datetime1": datetime("-1203-12-30T15:48:27.000Z"), "datetime2": datetime("-1203-12-30T23:48:27.392Z"), "datetime3": datetime("1723-12-03T23:59:23.392Z"), "datetime4": datetime("1723-12-04T03:59:23.392Z") }
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index 67ca419..fda9c09 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -4349,6 +4349,11 @@
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="temporal">
     <test-case FilePath="temporal">
+     <compilation-unit name="parse_01">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parse_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="temporal">
      <compilation-unit name="day_of_week_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">day_of_week_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/ATimeParserFactory.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/ATimeParserFactory.java
index 2200ea3..3a0a80a 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/ATimeParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/ATimeParserFactory.java
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneHour < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MIN
-                    || timezoneHour > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone hour " + timezoneHour);
-            }
-
             int temp_offset = (timeString.charAt(start + 3) == ':') ? 1 : 0;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
@@ -197,15 +192,11 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneMinute < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MIN
-                    || timezoneMinute > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone minute " + timezoneMinute);
-            }
+            timezone = (int) (timezoneHour * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_HOUR + timezoneMinute
+                    * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_MINUTE);
 
-            if (timeString.charAt(start) == '-') {
-                timezone = (byte) -((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
-            } else {
-                timezone = (byte) ((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
+            if (timeString.charAt(start) == '+') {
+                timezone *= -1;
             }
         }
         return timezone;
@@ -345,11 +336,6 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneHour < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MIN
-                    || timezoneHour > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone hour " + timezoneHour);
-            }
-
             int temp_offset = (timeString[start + 3] == ':') ? 1 : 0;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
@@ -360,15 +346,11 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneMinute < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MIN
-                    || timezoneMinute > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone minute " + timezoneMinute);
-            }
+            timezone = (int) (timezoneHour * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_HOUR + timezoneMinute
+                    * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_MINUTE);
 
-            if (timeString[start] == '-') {
-                timezone = (byte) -((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
-            } else {
-                timezone = (byte) ((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
+            if (timeString[start] == '+') {
+                timezone *= -1;
             }
         }
         return timezone;
@@ -508,11 +490,6 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneHour < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MIN
-                    || timezoneHour > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_HOUR_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone hour " + timezoneHour);
-            }
-
             int temp_offset = (timeString[start + 3] == ':') ? 1 : 0;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
@@ -523,15 +500,11 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (timezoneMinute < GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MIN
-                    || timezoneMinute > GregorianCalendarSystem.TIMEZONE_MIN_MAX) {
-                throw new HyracksDataException(timeErrorMessage + ": time zone minute " + timezoneMinute);
-            }
+            timezone = (int) (timezoneHour * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_HOUR + timezoneMinute
+                    * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_MINUTE);
 
-            if (timeString[start] == '-') {
-                timezone = (byte) -((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
-            } else {
-                timezone = (byte) ((timezoneHour * 4) + timezoneMinute / 15);
+            if (timeString[start] == '+') {
+                timezone *= -1;
             }
         }
         return timezone;
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..569db14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,856 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * {@link DateTimeFormatUtils} provides the utility methods to parse and print a date/time/datetime
+ * value based on the given format string.
+ */
+public class DateTimeFormatUtils {
+
+    private final GregorianCalendarSystem CAL = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+    // For time
+    private final char HOUR_CHAR = 'h';
+    private final char MINUTE_CHAR = 'm';
+    private final char SECOND_CHAR = 's';
+    private final char MILLISECOND_CHAR = 'n';
+    private final char AMPM_CHAR = 'a';
+    private final char TIMEZONE_CHAR = 'z';
+
+    private final int MAX_HOUR_CHARS = 2;
+    private final int MAX_MINUTE_CHARS = 2;
+    private final int MAX_SECOND_CHARS = 2;
+    private final int MAX_MILLISECOND_CHARS = 3;
+    private final int MAX_AMPM_CHARS = 1;
+    private final int MAX_TIMEZONE_CHARS = 1;
+
+    private enum DateTimeProcessState {
+        INIT,
+        YEAR,
+        MONTH,
+        DAY,
+        HOUR,
+        MINUTE,
+        SECOND,
+        MILLISECOND,
+        AMPM,
+        TIMEZONE,
+        SEPARATOR
+    }
+
+    // For date
+    private final char YEAR_CHAR = 'Y';
+    private final char MONTH_CHAR = 'M';
+    private final char DAY_CHAR = 'D';
+
+    private final int MAX_YEAR_CHARS = 4;
+    private final int MAX_MONTH_CHARS = 3;
+    private final int MAX_DAY_CHARS = 2;
+
+    private final byte[][] MONTH_NAMES = new byte[][] { "jan".getBytes(), "feb".getBytes(), "mar".getBytes(),
+            "apr".getBytes(), "may".getBytes(), "jun".getBytes(), "jul".getBytes(), "aug".getBytes(), "sep".getBytes(),
+            "oct".getBytes(), "nov".getBytes(), "dec".getBytes() };
+
+    private final byte[] UTC_BYTEARRAY = "utc".getBytes();
+    private final byte[] GMT_BYTEARRAY = "gmt".getBytes();
+
+    private final byte[] AM_BYTEARRAY = "am".getBytes();
+    private final byte[] PM_BYTEARRAY = "pm".getBytes();
+
+    // Separators, for both time and date
+    private final char HYPHEN_CHAR = '-';
+    private final char COLON_CHAR = ':';
+    private final char SOLIDUS_CHAR = '/';
+    private final char PERIOD_CHAR = '.';
+    private final char COMMA_CHAR = ',';
+    private final char T_CHAR = 'T';
+
+    private final int MS_PER_MINUTE = 60 * 1000;
+    private final int MS_PER_HOUR = 60 * MS_PER_MINUTE;
+
+    private final byte TO_LOWER_OFFSET = 'A' - 'a';
+
+    private final String[] TZ_IDS = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
+    private final byte[][] TIMEZONE_IDS = new byte[TZ_IDS.length][];
+    {
+        Arrays.sort(TZ_IDS);
+        for (int i = 0; i < TIMEZONE_IDS.length; i++) {
+            TIMEZONE_IDS[i] = TZ_IDS[i].getBytes();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final int[] TIMEZONE_OFFSETS = new int[TIMEZONE_IDS.length];
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < TIMEZONE_IDS.length; i++) {
+            TIMEZONE_OFFSETS[i] = TimeZone.getTimeZone(TZ_IDS[i]).getRawOffset();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class DateTimeFormatUtilsHolder {
+        private static final DateTimeFormatUtils INSTANCE = new DateTimeFormatUtils();
+    }
+
+    public static DateTimeFormatUtils getInstance() {
+        return DateTimeFormatUtilsHolder.INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    private DateTimeFormatUtils() {
+    }
+
+    private int parseFormatField(byte[] format, int formatStart, int formatLength, int formatPointer, char formatChar,
+            int maxAllowedFormatCharCopied) {
+
+        int formatCharCopies = 0;
+
+        formatPointer++;
+        formatCharCopies++;
+        while (formatPointer < formatLength && format[formatStart + formatPointer] == formatChar) {
+            formatPointer++;
+            formatCharCopies++;
+        }
+        if (formatCharCopies > maxAllowedFormatCharCopied) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("The format string for " + formatChar
+                    + " is too long: expected no more than " + maxAllowedFormatCharCopied + " but got "
+                    + formatCharCopies);
+        }
+
+        return formatCharCopies;
+    }
+
+    public enum DateTimeParseMode {
+        DATE_ONLY,
+        TIME_ONLY,
+        DATETIME
+    }
+
+    private boolean byteArrayEqualToString(byte[] barray, int start, int length, byte[] str) {
+        boolean equal = true;
+        if (length == str.length) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                if (toLower(barray[start + i]) != str[i]) {
+                    equal = false;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            equal = false;
+        }
+        return equal;
+    }
+
+    private Comparator<byte[]> byteArrayComparator = new Comparator<byte[]>() {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(byte[] o1, byte[] o2) {
+            int i = 0;
+            for (; i < o1.length && i < o2.length; i++) {
+                if (o1[i] != o2[i]) {
+                    return o1[i] - o2[i];
+                }
+            }
+            if (i < o1.length) {
+                return -1;
+            } else if (i < o2.length) {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+    };
+
+    private int monthIDSearch(byte[] barray, int start, int length) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < MONTH_NAMES.length; i++) {
+            if (byteArrayEqualToString(barray, start, length, MONTH_NAMES[i])) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    private int binaryTimezoneIDSearch(byte[] barray, int start, int length) {
+        return Arrays.binarySearch(TIMEZONE_IDS, 0, TIMEZONE_IDS.length,
+                Arrays.copyOfRange(barray, start, start + length), byteArrayComparator);
+    }
+
+    private int indexOf(byte[] barray, int start, int length, char c) {
+        int i = 0;
+        for (; i < length; i++) {
+            if (barray[start + i] == c) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    private void append(Appendable appender, byte[] bs) throws IOException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < bs.length; i++) {
+            appender.append((char) bs[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private byte toLower(byte b) {
+        if (b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') {
+            return (byte) (b - TO_LOWER_OFFSET);
+        }
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    public long parseDateTime(byte[] data, int dataStart, int dataLength, byte[] format, int formatStart,
+            int formatLength, DateTimeParseMode parseMode) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int year = 0, month = 0, day = 0, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0, ms = 0, timezone = 0;
+
+        boolean negativeYear = false;
+        int formatCharCopies = 0;
+
+        int dataStringPointer = 0, formatPointer = 0;
+
+        byte separatorChar = '\0';
+
+        DateTimeProcessState processState = DateTimeProcessState.INIT;
+
+        int pointerMove = 0;
+
+        while (dataStringPointer < dataLength && formatPointer < formatLength) {
+            formatCharCopies = 0;
+            switch (format[formatStart + formatPointer]) {
+                case YEAR_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.YEAR;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, YEAR_CHAR,
+                            MAX_YEAR_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MONTH_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MONTH;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MONTH_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MONTH_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case DAY_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.DAY;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, DAY_CHAR,
+                            MAX_DAY_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case HOUR_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.HOUR;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, HOUR_CHAR,
+                            MAX_HOUR_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MINUTE_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MINUTE;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MINUTE_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MINUTE_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case SECOND_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.SECOND;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, SECOND_CHAR,
+                            MAX_SECOND_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MILLISECOND_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MILLISECOND;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MILLISECOND_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MILLISECOND_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+
+                case AMPM_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.AMPM;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, AMPM_CHAR,
+                            MAX_AMPM_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+
+                case TIMEZONE_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.TIMEZONE;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, TIMEZONE_CHAR,
+                            MAX_TIMEZONE_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case ' ':
+                case HYPHEN_CHAR:
+                case COLON_CHAR:
+                case SOLIDUS_CHAR:
+                case PERIOD_CHAR:
+                case COMMA_CHAR:
+                case T_CHAR:
+                    // separator
+                    separatorChar = format[formatStart + formatPointer];
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.SEPARATOR;
+                    formatPointer++;
+                    formatCharCopies++;
+                    while (formatPointer < formatLength && format[formatStart + formatPointer] == separatorChar) {
+                        formatPointer++;
+                        formatCharCopies++;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected date format string at " + (formatStart + formatPointer)
+                            + ": " + format[formatStart + formatPointer]);
+            }
+
+            // check whether the process state is valid for the parse mode
+
+            switch (processState) {
+                case YEAR:
+                case MONTH:
+                case DAY:
+                    if (parseMode == DateTimeParseMode.TIME_ONLY) {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected date format string when parsing a time value");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case HOUR:
+                case MINUTE:
+                case SECOND:
+                case MILLISECOND:
+                case AMPM:
+                case TIMEZONE:
+                    if (parseMode == DateTimeParseMode.DATE_ONLY) {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected time format string when parsing a date value");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    // do nothing
+            }
+
+            switch (processState) {
+                case INIT:
+                    break;
+                case YEAR:
+                    if (dataStringPointer < dataLength && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == HYPHEN_CHAR) {
+                        negativeYear = true;
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                    }
+                case DAY:
+                    int maxAllowedFormatCharCopies = (processState == DateTimeProcessState.YEAR) ? 4 : 2;
+                    int parsedValue = 0;
+
+                    int processedFieldsCount = 0;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
+                        if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] < '0' || data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] > '9') {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected char for year field at "
+                                    + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                        }
+                        parsedValue = parsedValue * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                        processedFieldsCount++;
+                    }
+                    // for more digits
+                    while (processedFieldsCount < maxAllowedFormatCharCopies && dataStringPointer < dataLength
+                            && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] >= '0' && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] <= '9') {
+                        parsedValue = parsedValue * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                        processedFieldsCount++;
+                    }
+                    if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.YEAR) {
+                        year = parsedValue;
+                        if (negativeYear) {
+                            year *= -1;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        day = parsedValue;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case MONTH:
+                    if (formatCharCopies == 3) {
+                        // the month is in the text format
+                        int monthNameMatch = monthIDSearch(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, 3);
+                        if (monthNameMatch >= 0) {
+                            month = monthNameMatch + 1;
+                            dataStringPointer += 3;
+                        } else {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unrecognizable month string "
+                                    + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] + " "
+                                    + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 1] + " "
+                                    + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 2]);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        int processedMonthFieldsCount = 0;
+                        for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
+                            if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] < '0' || data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] > '9') {
+                                throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected char for month field at "
+                                        + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                            }
+                            month = month * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                            dataStringPointer++;
+                            if (processedMonthFieldsCount++ > 2) {
+                                throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected char for month field at "
+                                        + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        // if there are more than 2 digits for the day string
+                        while (processedMonthFieldsCount < 2 && dataStringPointer < dataLength
+                                && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] >= '0'
+                                && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] <= '9') {
+                            month = month * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                            dataStringPointer++;
+                            processedMonthFieldsCount++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case HOUR:
+                case MINUTE:
+                case SECOND:
+                case MILLISECOND:
+                    int processFieldsCount = 0;
+                    int expectedMaxCount = (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MILLISECOND) ? 3 : 2;
+                    parsedValue = 0;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
+                        if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] < '0' || data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] > '9') {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected char for " + processState.name() + " field at "
+                                    + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                        }
+                        parsedValue = parsedValue * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                        if (processFieldsCount++ > expectedMaxCount) {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected char for " + processState.name() + " field at "
+                                    + dataStringPointer + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // if there are more than formatCharCopies digits for the hour string
+                    while (processFieldsCount < expectedMaxCount && dataStringPointer < dataLength
+                            && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] >= '0' && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] <= '9') {
+                        parsedValue = parsedValue * 10 + (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] - '0');
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                        processFieldsCount++;
+                    }
+                    if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.HOUR) {
+                        hour = parsedValue;
+                    } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MINUTE) {
+                        min = parsedValue;
+                    } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.SECOND) {
+                        sec = parsedValue;
+                    } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MILLISECOND) {
+                        ms = parsedValue;
+                        for (int i = processFieldsCount; i < 3; i++) {
+                            ms *= 10;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case TIMEZONE:
+                    if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == 'Z'
+                            && ((dataStringPointer + 1 >= dataLength) || (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 1] < 'A'
+                                    && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 1] > 'Z'
+                                    && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 1] < 'a' && data[dataStart
+                                    + dataStringPointer + 1] > 'z'))) {
+                        // UTC as Z
+                        timezone = 0;
+                    } else if ((data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == '+' || data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == '-')
+                            || (dataStringPointer + 3 < dataLength && (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + 3] == '+' || data[dataStart
+                                    + dataStringPointer + 3] == '-'))) {
+                        // UTC+ or GMT+ format
+                        if (dataStringPointer + 3 < dataLength
+                                && (byteArrayEqualToString(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, 3, UTC_BYTEARRAY) || byteArrayEqualToString(
+                                        data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, 3, GMT_BYTEARRAY))) {
+                            dataStringPointer += 3;
+                        }
+                        // parse timezone as +zz:zz or +zzzz
+                        boolean negativeTimeZone = false;
+                        if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == '-') {
+                            negativeTimeZone = true;
+                            dataStringPointer++;
+                        } else if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == '+') {
+                            dataStringPointer++;
+                        } else {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException(
+                                    "Incorrect timezone hour field: expecting sign + or - but got: "
+                                            + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                        }
+                        // timezone hours
+                        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                            if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] >= '0'
+                                    && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] <= '9') {
+                                timezone += (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] - '0') * MS_PER_HOUR;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected character for timezone hour field at "
+                                        + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        dataStringPointer += 2;
+                        // skip the ":" separator
+                        if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] == ':') {
+                            dataStringPointer++;
+                        }
+                        // timezone minutes
+                        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                            if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] >= '0'
+                                    && data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] <= '9') {
+                                timezone += (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer + i] - '0') * MS_PER_MINUTE;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected character for timezone minute field at "
+                                        + (dataStart + dataStringPointer) + ": " + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        dataStringPointer += 2;
+                        if (!negativeTimeZone) {
+                            timezone *= -1;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // do lookup from the zoneinfor database
+                        int timezoneEndField = dataStringPointer;
+                        while (timezoneEndField < dataLength
+                                && ((data[dataStart + timezoneEndField] >= '0' && data[dataStart + timezoneEndField] <= '9')
+                                        || (data[dataStart + timezoneEndField] >= 'a' && data[dataStart
+                                                + timezoneEndField] <= 'z')
+                                        || (data[dataStart + timezoneEndField] >= 'A' && data[dataStart
+                                                + timezoneEndField] <= 'Z')
+                                        || data[dataStart + timezoneEndField] == '/' || data[dataStart
+                                        + timezoneEndField] == '_')) {
+                            timezoneEndField++;
+                        }
+                        int searchIdx = binaryTimezoneIDSearch(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, timezoneEndField
+                                - dataStringPointer);
+                        if (searchIdx >= 0) {
+                            timezone = TIMEZONE_OFFSETS[searchIdx];
+                        } else {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected timezone string: "
+                                    + new String(Arrays.copyOfRange(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, dataStart
+                                            + dataStringPointer)));
+                        }
+                        dataStringPointer = timezoneEndField;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case AMPM:
+                    if (dataStringPointer + 1 < dataLength) {
+                        if (hour > 12 || hour <= 0) {
+                            throw new IllegalStateException("Hour " + hour + " cannot be a time for AM.");
+                        }
+                        if (byteArrayEqualToString(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, 2, AM_BYTEARRAY)) {
+                            // do nothing
+                        } else if (byteArrayEqualToString(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, 2, PM_BYTEARRAY)) {
+                            hour += 12;
+                            if (hour == 24) {
+                                hour = 0;
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected string for AM/PM marker "
+                                    + new String(Arrays.copyOfRange(data, dataStart + dataStringPointer, dataStart
+                                            + dataStringPointer + 2)));
+                        }
+                        dataStringPointer += 2;
+                    } else {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Cannot find valid AM/PM marker.");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case SEPARATOR:
+                    if (separatorChar == '\0') {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Incorrect separator char in date string as "
+                                + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                    }
+                    for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
+                        if (data[dataStart + dataStringPointer] != separatorChar) {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("Expecting separator " + separatorChar + " but got "
+                                    + data[dataStart + dataStringPointer]);
+                        }
+                        dataStringPointer++;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected time format information when parsing a date value");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (parseMode == DateTimeParseMode.TIME_ONLY) {
+            return CAL.getChronon(hour, min, sec, ms, timezone);
+        }
+        return CAL.getChronon(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ms, timezone);
+    }
+
+    public void printDateTime(long chronon, int timezone, byte[] format, int formatStart, int formatLength,
+            Appendable appender, DateTimeParseMode parseMode) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int year = CAL.getYear(chronon);
+        int month = CAL.getMonthOfYear(chronon, year);
+        int day = CAL.getDayOfMonthYear(chronon, year, month);
+        int hour = CAL.getHourOfDay(chronon);
+        int min = CAL.getMinOfHour(chronon);
+        int sec = CAL.getSecOfMin(chronon);
+        int ms = CAL.getMillisOfSec(chronon);
+
+        int formatCharCopies = 0;
+
+        int formatPointer = 0;
+
+        byte separatorChar = '\0';
+
+        DateTimeProcessState processState = DateTimeProcessState.INIT;
+
+        int pointerMove = 0;
+
+        boolean usePM = false;
+        if (indexOf(format, formatStart, formatLength, 'a') >= 0) {
+            if (hour >= 12) {
+                usePM = true;
+                hour -= 12;
+            }
+            if (hour == 0) {
+                hour = 12;
+            }
+        }
+
+        while (formatPointer < formatLength) {
+
+            formatCharCopies = 0;
+
+            switch (format[formatStart + formatPointer]) {
+                case YEAR_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.YEAR;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, YEAR_CHAR,
+                            MAX_YEAR_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MONTH_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MONTH;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MONTH_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MONTH_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case DAY_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.DAY;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, DAY_CHAR,
+                            MAX_DAY_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case HOUR_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.HOUR;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, HOUR_CHAR,
+                            MAX_HOUR_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MINUTE_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MINUTE;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MINUTE_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MINUTE_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case SECOND_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.SECOND;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, SECOND_CHAR,
+                            MAX_SECOND_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case MILLISECOND_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.MILLISECOND;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, MILLISECOND_CHAR,
+                            MAX_MILLISECOND_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+
+                case AMPM_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.AMPM;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, AMPM_CHAR,
+                            MAX_AMPM_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+
+                case TIMEZONE_CHAR:
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.TIMEZONE;
+                    pointerMove = parseFormatField(format, formatStart, formatLength, formatPointer, TIMEZONE_CHAR,
+                            MAX_TIMEZONE_CHARS);
+                    formatPointer += pointerMove;
+                    formatCharCopies += pointerMove;
+                    break;
+                case ' ':
+                case HYPHEN_CHAR:
+                case COLON_CHAR:
+                case SOLIDUS_CHAR:
+                case PERIOD_CHAR:
+                case COMMA_CHAR:
+                case T_CHAR:
+                    // separator
+                    separatorChar = format[formatPointer];
+                    processState = DateTimeProcessState.SEPARATOR;
+                    formatPointer++;
+                    formatCharCopies++;
+                    while (formatPointer < formatLength && format[formatPointer] == separatorChar) {
+                        formatPointer++;
+                        formatCharCopies++;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected format string at " + (formatStart + formatPointer)
+                            + ": " + format[formatStart + formatPointer]);
+            }
+
+            // check whether the process state is valid for the parse mode
+
+            switch (processState) {
+                case YEAR:
+                case MONTH:
+                case DAY:
+                    if (parseMode == DateTimeParseMode.TIME_ONLY) {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected date format string when parsing a time value");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case HOUR:
+                case MINUTE:
+                case SECOND:
+                case MILLISECOND:
+                case AMPM:
+                case TIMEZONE:
+                    if (parseMode == DateTimeParseMode.DATE_ONLY) {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected time format string when parsing a date value");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    // do nothing
+            }
+
+            try {
+                switch (processState) {
+                    case INIT:
+                        break;
+                    case YEAR:
+                        if (year < 0) {
+                            appender.append('-');
+                            year *= -1;
+                        }
+                    case MONTH:
+                        if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MONTH && formatCharCopies == 3) {
+                            append(appender, MONTH_NAMES[month - 1]);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    case DAY:
+                        int val = 0;
+                        if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.YEAR) {
+                            val = year;
+                        } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MONTH) {
+                            val = month;
+                        } else {
+                            val = day;
+                        }
+                        int valFieldCount = (int) Math.ceil(Math.log10(val));
+                        if (val == 1 || val == 0) {
+                            valFieldCount = 1;
+                        }
+                        for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies - valFieldCount; i++) {
+                            appender.append('0');
+                        }
+                        appender.append(String.valueOf(val));
+                        break;
+                    case HOUR:
+                    case MINUTE:
+                    case SECOND:
+                        val = 0;
+                        if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.HOUR) {
+                            val = hour;
+                        } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MINUTE) {
+                            val = min;
+                        } else if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.SECOND) {
+                            val = sec;
+                        }
+
+                        if (val < 10) {
+                            for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies - 1; i++) {
+                                appender.append('0');
+                            }
+                        }
+                        appender.append(String.valueOf(val));
+                        break;
+                    case MILLISECOND:
+                        int msFieldCount = (int) Math.ceil(Math.log10(ms));
+                        for (int i = 0; i < 3 - msFieldCount; i++) {
+                            appender.append('0');
+                        }
+                        if (formatCharCopies < 3) {
+
+                            if (formatCharCopies == 1) {
+                                if (ms % 100 == 0) {
+                                    // the tailing two zeros can be removed
+                                    ms = ms / 100;
+                                } else if (ms % 10 == 0) {
+                                    // the tailing one zero can be removed
+                                    ms = ms / 10;
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                if (ms % 10 == 0) {
+                                    // the tailing one zero can be removed
+                                    ms = ms / 10;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                        }
+                        appender.append(String.valueOf(ms));
+                        break;
+                    case TIMEZONE:
+                        if (timezone == 0) {
+                            appender.append('Z');
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        if (timezone < 0) {
+                            appender.append('-');
+                            timezone *= -1;
+                        }
+                        int timezoneField = timezone / MS_PER_HOUR;
+                        if (timezoneField < 10) {
+                            appender.append('0');
+                        }
+                        appender.append(String.valueOf(timezoneField));
+                        timezoneField = timezone % MS_PER_HOUR / MS_PER_MINUTE;
+                        if (timezoneField < 10) {
+                            appender.append('0');
+                        }
+                        appender.append(String.valueOf(timezoneField));
+                        break;
+                    case AMPM:
+                        if (usePM) {
+                            appender.append("PM");
+                        } else {
+                            appender.append("AM");
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case SEPARATOR:
+                        if (separatorChar == '\0') {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException(
+                                    "Incorrect separator: separator char is not initialized properly!");
+                        }
+                        for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
+                            appender.append(String.valueOf(separatorChar));
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unexpected time state when printing a date value");
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
index 5d27fb0..3be0858 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
@@ -164,15 +164,8 @@
      * @return
      */
     public boolean validateTimeZone(int timezone) {
-        short tzMin = (short) ((timezone % 4) * 15);
 
-        if (tzMin < -60 || tzMin >= 60) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        short tzHr = (short) (timezone / 4);
-
-        if (tzHr < -12 && tzHr > 14) {
+        if (timezone < -12 * CHRONON_OF_DAY || timezone > 14 * CHRONON_OF_DAY) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -211,8 +204,8 @@
      */
     public long getChronon(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int min, int sec, int millis, int timezone) {
         // Added milliseconds for all fields but month and day
-        long chrononTime = chrononizeBeginningOfYear(year) + (hour - timezone / 4) * CHRONON_OF_HOUR
-                + (min - (timezone % 4) * 15) * CHRONON_OF_MINUTE + sec * CHRONON_OF_SECOND + millis;
+        long chrononTime = chrononizeBeginningOfYear(year) + hour * CHRONON_OF_HOUR + min * CHRONON_OF_MINUTE + sec
+                * CHRONON_OF_SECOND + millis + timezone;
 
         // Added milliseconds for days of the month. 
         chrononTime += (day - 1 + DAYS_SINCE_MONTH_BEGIN_ORDI[month - 1]) * CHRONON_OF_DAY;
@@ -237,13 +230,13 @@
      */
     public int getChronon(int hour, int min, int sec, int millis, int timezone) {
         // Added milliseconds for all fields but month and day
-        long chrononTime = (hour - timezone / 4) * CHRONON_OF_HOUR + (min - (timezone % 4) * 15) * CHRONON_OF_MINUTE
-                + sec * CHRONON_OF_SECOND + millis;
-        return (int)chrononTime;
+        long chrononTime = hour * CHRONON_OF_HOUR + min * CHRONON_OF_MINUTE + sec * CHRONON_OF_SECOND + millis
+                + timezone;
+        return (int) chrononTime;
     }
 
     public long adjustChrononByTimezone(long chronon, int timezone) {
-        return chronon + timezone / 4 * CHRONON_OF_HOUR + (timezone % 4) * 15 * CHRONON_OF_MINUTE;
+        return chronon - timezone;
     }
 
     public static int getChrononInDays(long chronon) {
@@ -330,12 +323,12 @@
             if (timezone == 0) {
                 sbder.append("Z");
             } else {
-                short tzMin = (short) ((timezone % 4) * 15);
+                int tzMin = (int) (timezone % CHRONON_OF_HOUR / CHRONON_OF_MINUTE);
                 if (tzMin < 0) {
                     tzMin = (short) (-1 * tzMin);
                 }
-                short tzHr = (short) (timezone / 4);
-                sbder.append((tzHr >= 0 ? "+" : "-")).append(String.format("%02d", (tzHr < 0 ? -tzHr : tzHr)))
+                int tzHr = (int) (timezone / CHRONON_OF_HOUR);
+                sbder.append((tzHr >= 0 ? "-" : "+")).append(String.format("%02d", (tzHr < 0 ? -tzHr : tzHr)))
                         .append(":").append(String.format("%02d", tzMin));
             }
         }
@@ -391,12 +384,12 @@
             if (timezone == 0) {
                 sbder.append("Z");
             } else {
-                short tzMin = (short) ((timezone % 4) * 15);
+                int tzMin = (int) (timezone % CHRONON_OF_HOUR / CHRONON_OF_MINUTE);
                 if (tzMin < 0) {
                     tzMin = (short) (-1 * tzMin);
                 }
-                short tzHr = (short) (timezone / 4);
-                sbder.append((tzHr >= 0 ? "+" : "-")).append(String.format("%02d", (tzHr < 0 ? -tzHr : tzHr)))
+                int tzHr = (int) (timezone / CHRONON_OF_HOUR);
+                sbder.append((tzHr >= 0 ? "-" : "+")).append(String.format("%02d", (tzHr < 0 ? -tzHr : tzHr)))
                         .append(String.format("%02d", tzMin));
             }
         }
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/functions/AsterixBuiltinFunctions.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/functions/AsterixBuiltinFunctions.java
index 41cf3c1..3c8a0c4 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/functions/AsterixBuiltinFunctions.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/functions/AsterixBuiltinFunctions.java
@@ -542,6 +542,18 @@
             FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "adjust-datetime-for-timezone", 2);
     public final static FunctionIdentifier DAY_OF_WEEK = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
             "day-of-week");
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PARSE_DATE = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "parse-date", 2);
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PARSE_TIME = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "parse-time", 2);
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PARSE_DATETIME = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "parse-datetime", 2);
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PRINT_DATE = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "print-date", 2);
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PRINT_TIME = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "print-time", 2);
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier PRINT_DATETIME = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS,
+            "print-datetime", 2);
 
     public final static FunctionIdentifier GET_POINT_X_COORDINATE_ACCESSOR = new FunctionIdentifier(
             FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "get-x", 1);
@@ -858,6 +870,12 @@
         addFunction(GET_YEAR_MONTH_DURATION, OptionalAYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
         addFunction(INTERVAL_BIN, OptionalAIntervalTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
         addFunction(DAY_OF_WEEK, OptionalAInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PARSE_DATE, OptionalADateTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PARSE_TIME, OptionalATimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PARSE_DATETIME, OptionalADateTimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PRINT_DATE, OptionalAStringTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PRINT_TIME, OptionalAStringTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
+        addFunction(PRINT_DATETIME, OptionalAStringTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
 
         // interval constructors
         addFunction(INTERVAL_CONSTRUCTOR_DATE, OptionalAIntervalTypeComputer.INSTANCE);
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4dff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ADate;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableDate;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class ParseDateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PARSE_DATE;
+
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new ParseDateDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADate> dateSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADATE);
+
+                    private AMutableDate aDate = new AMutableDate(0);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects two strings but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+                            int length0 = (argOut0.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut0.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            int length1 = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            long chronon = DT_UTILS.parseDateTime(argOut0.getByteArray(), 3, length0,
+                                    argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, length1, DateTimeParseMode.DATE_ONLY);
+
+                            aDate.setValue((int) (chronon / GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY));
+                            dateSerde.serialize(aDate, out);
+
+                        } catch (HyracksDataException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f679839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ADateTime;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableDateTime;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class ParseDateTimeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PARSE_DATETIME;
+
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new ParseDateTimeDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADateTime> datetimeSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADATETIME);
+
+                    private AMutableDateTime aDateTime = new AMutableDateTime(0);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects two strings but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+                            int length0 = (argOut0.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut0.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            int length1 = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            long chronon = DT_UTILS.parseDateTime(argOut0.getByteArray(), 3, length0,
+                                    argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, length1, DateTimeParseMode.DATETIME);
+
+                            aDateTime.setValue(chronon);
+                            datetimeSerde.serialize(aDateTime, out);
+
+                        } catch (HyracksDataException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseTimeDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseTimeDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b92db54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseTimeDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableTime;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ATime;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class ParseTimeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PARSE_TIME;
+
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new ParseTimeDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ATime> timeSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ATIME);
+
+                    private AMutableTime aTime = new AMutableTime(0);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects two strings but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+                            int length0 = (argOut0.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut0.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            int length1 = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            long chronon = DT_UTILS.parseDateTime(argOut0.getByteArray(), 3, length0,
+                                    argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, length1, DateTimeParseMode.TIME_ONLY);
+
+                            aTime.setValue((int) chronon);
+                            timeSerde.serialize(aTime, out);
+
+                        } catch (HyracksDataException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
index a13eed3..71ce352 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.IntervalOverlapsDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.IntervalStartedByDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.IntervalStartsDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseDateDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseDateTimeDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseTimeDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.TimeFromDatetimeDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.TimeFromUnixTimeInMsDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.YearMonthDurationComparatorDecriptor;
@@ -541,6 +544,9 @@
         temp.add(GetDayTimeDurationDescriptor.FACTORY);
         temp.add(IntervalBinDescriptor.FACTORY);
         temp.add(DayOfWeekDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(ParseDateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(ParseTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(ParseDateTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
 
         // Interval constructor
         temp.add(AIntervalFromDateConstructorDescriptor.FACTORY);