1) adding pending files (from previous merge) 2) changing key case in dataset hints to be upper case

git-svn-id: https://asterixdb.googlecode.com/svn/branches/asterix_stabilization_issue_251@1170 eaa15691-b419-025a-1212-ee371bd00084
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalDayAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalDayAccessor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalDayAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "day", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATE.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalDayAccessor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationDay(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getDayTime(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1)
+                                        * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int year = calSystem.getYear(chrononTimeInMs);
+                            int month = calSystem.getMonthOfYear(chrononTimeInMs, year);
+                            int day = calSystem.getDayOfMonthYear(chrononTimeInMs, year, month);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(day);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalHourAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalHourAccessor.java
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+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalHourAccessor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalHourAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "hour", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.TIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalHourAccessor();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationHour(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getDayTime(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int hour = calSystem.getHourOfDay(chrononTimeInMs);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(hour);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMillisecondAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMillisecondAccessor.java
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+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMillisecondAccessor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalMillisecondAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "millisecond", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.TIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalMillisecondAccessor();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationMillisecond(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getDayTime(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int ms = calSystem.getMillisOfSec(chrononTimeInMs);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(ms);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMinuteAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMinuteAccessor.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMinuteAccessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalMinuteAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "minute", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.TIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalMinuteAccessor();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationMinute(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getDayTime(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int min = calSystem.getMinOfHour(chrononTimeInMs);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(min);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMonthAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMonthAccessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb68f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalMonthAccessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalMonthAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "month", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATE.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalMonthAccessor();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationMonth(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getYearMonth(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1)
+                                        * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int year = calSystem.getYear(chrononTimeInMs);
+                            int month = calSystem.getMonthOfYear(chrononTimeInMs, year);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(month);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalSecondAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalSecondAccessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9ee95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalSecondAccessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.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 TemporalSecondAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "second", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.TIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalSecondAccessor();
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.base.IScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor#createEvaluatorFactory(edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory[])
+     */
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationSecond(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getDayTime(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int sec = calSystem.getSecOfMin(chrononTimeInMs);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(sec);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalYearAccessor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalYearAccessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41dacfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/accessors/TemporalYearAccessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2011 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.accessors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+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.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.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class TemporalYearAccessor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final FunctionIdentifier FID = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "year", 1);
+
+    // allowed input types
+    private static final byte SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATE.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DURATION.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private static final byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new TemporalYearAccessor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @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 argOut = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut);
+
+                    private GregorianCalendarSystem calSystem = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance();
+
+                    // for output: type integer
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> intSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
+                    private AMutableInt32 aMutableInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut.reset();
+                        eval.evaluate(tuple);
+                        byte[] bytes = argOut.getByteArray();
+
+                        try {
+
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(calSystem.getDurationYear(ADurationSerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getYearMonth(bytes, 1)));
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            long chrononTimeInMs = 0;
+                            if (bytes[0] == SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, 1)
+                                        * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                chrononTimeInMs = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, 1);
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else if (bytes[0] == SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                int year;
+                                if (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 3) == '-') {
+                                    // in case of a negative year
+                                    year = -1
+                                            * ((UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 4) - '0') * 1000
+                                                    + (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 5) - '0') * 100
+                                                    + (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 6) - '0') * 10 + (UTF8StringPointable
+                                                    .charAt(bytes, 7) - '0'));
+                                } else {
+                                    year = (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 3) - '0') * 1000
+                                            + (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 4) - '0') * 100
+                                            + (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 5) - '0') * 10
+                                            + (UTF8StringPointable.charAt(bytes, 6) - '0');
+                                }
+                                aMutableInt32.setValue(year);
+                                intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+                                return;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException("Inapplicable input type: " + bytes[0]);
+                            }
+
+                            int year = calSystem.getYear(chrononTimeInMs);
+
+                            aMutableInt32.setValue(year);
+                            intSerde.serialize(aMutableInt32, out);
+
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+}