googleapis · keshavdandeva · Aug 11, 2026 · Aug 11, 2026
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.ByteArrayReadableSeekableByteChannel;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.JsonStringArrayList;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.JsonStringHashMap;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.Text;
 
 /** {@link ResultSet} Implementation for Arrow datasource (Using Storage Read APIs) */
 class BigQueryArrowResultSet extends BigQueryBaseResultSet {
@@ -345,6 +346,27 @@ private Object getObjectInternal(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
     return value;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String getString(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
+    checkClosed();
+    StandardSQLTypeName type = getStandardSQLTypeName(columnIndex);
+    if (type != StandardSQLTypeName.TIMESTAMP) {
+      return super.getString(columnIndex);
+    }
+    Object value = getObjectInternal(columnIndex);
+    if (value == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (value instanceof Text || value instanceof String) {
+      return BigQueryTemporalUtility.formatTimestampStringFromIso(
+          value.toString(), this.statement.isEnableTimestampPicos());
+    }
+    if (value instanceof Long) {
+      return BigQueryTemporalUtility.formatTimestampStringFromMicroseconds((Long) value);
+    }
+    return super.getString(columnIndex);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Object getObject(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
 

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ public class BigQueryConnection extends BigQueryNoOpsConnection {
   int highThroughputMinTableSize;
   int highThroughputActivationRatio;
   boolean enableSession;
+  boolean enableTimestampPicos;
   boolean enableProjectDiscovery;
   private List<String> discoveredProjectsCache;
   boolean unsupportedHTAPIFallback;
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ public class BigQueryConnection extends BigQueryNoOpsConnection {
               this.sslTrustStoreProvider,
               this.connectionClassName);
       this.enableSession = ds.getEnableSession();
+      this.enableTimestampPicos = ds.getEnableTimestampPicos();
       this.unsupportedHTAPIFallback = ds.getUnsupportedHTAPIFallback();
       this.maxResults = ds.getMaxResults();
       Map<String, String> queryPropertiesMap = ds.getQueryProperties();
@@ -707,6 +709,10 @@ boolean isSessionEnabled() {
     return this.enableSession;
   }
 
+  boolean isEnableTimestampPicos() {
+    return this.enableTimestampPicos;
+  }
+
   boolean isUnsupportedHTAPIFallback() {
     return this.unsupportedHTAPIFallback;
   }

@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String, Map<String, String>> eldes
   static final String SSL_TRUST_STORE_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME = "SSLTrustStoreType";
   static final String SSL_TRUST_STORE_PROVIDER_PROPERTY_NAME = "SSLTrustStoreProvider";
   static final int DEFAULT_REQUEST_GOOGLE_DRIVE_SCOPE_VALUE = 0;
+  static final String ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_PROPERTY_NAME = "EnableTimestampPicos";
+  static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_VALUE = false;
   static final String MAX_BYTES_BILLED_PROPERTY_NAME = "MaximumBytesBilled";
   static final Long DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES_BILLED_VALUE = 0L;
   static final String LABELS_PROPERTY_NAME = "Labels";
@@ -310,6 +312,12 @@ protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String, Map<String, String>> eldes
       Collections.unmodifiableSet(
           new HashSet<>(
               Arrays.asList(
+                  BigQueryConnectionProperty.newBuilder()
+                      .setName(ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_PROPERTY_NAME)
+                      .setDescription(
+                          "Enables or disables 12-digit picosecond precision for TIMESTAMP columns. Disabled by default.")
+                      .setDefaultValue(String.valueOf(DEFAULT_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_VALUE))
+                      .build(),
                   BigQueryConnectionProperty.newBuilder()
                       .setName(MAX_BYTES_BILLED_PROPERTY_NAME)
                       .setDescription(

@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ public String getString(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
     if (value.getAttribute() == Attribute.REPEATED || value.getAttribute() == Attribute.RECORD) {
       return super.getString(columnIndex);
     }
-    return BigQueryTemporalUtility.formatTimestampString(value.getStringValue());
+    return BigQueryTemporalUtility.formatTimestampString(
+        value.getStringValue(), this.statement.isEnableTimestampPicos());
   }
 
   @Override

@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ Statement getStatement() {
     return this.statement;
   }
 
+  private boolean isTimestampPicosEnabled() {
+    return this.statement instanceof BigQueryStatement
+        && ((BigQueryStatement) this.statement).isEnableTimestampPicos();
+  }
+
+  private boolean supportsPicoseconds(int sqlColumn) {
+    Long timestampPrecision = getField(sqlColumn).getTimestampPrecision();
+    return timestampPrecision != null && timestampPrecision > 6;
+  }
+
   private Field getField(int sqlColumn) {
     return this.schemaFieldList.get(sqlColumn - 1);
   }
@@ -116,7 +126,10 @@ public int getColumnDisplaySize(int column) {
       case Types.NUMERIC:
         return 14;
       case Types.TIMESTAMP:
-        return 16;
+        if (isTimestampPicosEnabled() && supportsPicoseconds(column)) {
+          return 32;
+        }
+        return 26;
       default:
         return DEFAULT_DISPLAY_SIZE;
     }
@@ -139,6 +152,11 @@ public int getPrecision(int column) {
       return precision.intValue();
     }
     StandardSQLTypeName type = getStandardSQLTypeName(column);
+    if (type == StandardSQLTypeName.TIMESTAMP
+        && isTimestampPicosEnabled()
+        && supportsPicoseconds(column)) {
+      return 32;
+    }
     BigQueryJdbcTypeMappings.ColumnTypeInfo typeInfo =
         BigQueryJdbcTypeMappings.STANDARD_TYPE_INFO.get(type);
     if (typeInfo != null && typeInfo.columnSize != null) {
@@ -154,6 +172,11 @@ public int getScale(int column) {
       return scale.intValue();
     }
     StandardSQLTypeName type = getStandardSQLTypeName(column);
+    if (type == StandardSQLTypeName.TIMESTAMP
+        && isTimestampPicosEnabled()
+        && supportsPicoseconds(column)) {
+      return 12;
+    }
     BigQueryJdbcTypeMappings.ColumnTypeInfo typeInfo =
         BigQueryJdbcTypeMappings.STANDARD_TYPE_INFO.get(type);
     if (typeInfo != null && typeInfo.decimalDigits != null) {

@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.exception.BigQueryJdbcSqlSyntaxErrorException;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowRecordBatch;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowSchema;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ArrowSerializationOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryReadClient;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.CreateReadSessionRequest;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.DataFormat;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadRowsRequest;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadRowsResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadSession;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.ReadSession.TableReadOptions;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
@@ -846,6 +848,15 @@ ResultSet processArrowResultSet(TableResult results, Job job) throws SQLExceptio
       ReadSession.Builder sessionBuilder =
           ReadSession.newBuilder().setTable(srcTable).setDataFormat(DataFormat.ARROW);
 
+      if (this.connection.isEnableTimestampPicos()) {
+        TableReadOptions.Builder tableReadOptionsBuilder = TableReadOptions.newBuilder();
+        tableReadOptionsBuilder
+            .getArrowSerializationOptionsBuilder()
+            .setPicosTimestampPrecision(
+                ArrowSerializationOptions.PicosTimestampPrecision.TIMESTAMP_PRECISION_PICOS);
+        sessionBuilder.setReadOptions(tableReadOptionsBuilder.build());
+      }
+
       CreateReadSessionRequest.Builder builder =
           CreateReadSessionRequest.newBuilder()
               .setParent(parent)
@@ -1671,6 +1682,10 @@ public Connection getConnection() {
     return this.connection;
   }
 
+  boolean isEnableTimestampPicos() {
+    return this.connection.isEnableTimestampPicos();
+  }
+
   public boolean hasMoreResults() {
     if (this.parentJobId == null) {
       return false;

@@ -164,15 +164,6 @@ public static Instant parseEpochDecimalToInstant(String epochDecimal) {
     return Instant.ofEpochSecond(seconds, nanos);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Formats a numeric epoch decimal string into standard SQL timestamp string format ("yyyy-MM-dd
-   * HH:mm:ss.ffffff"). Sub-microsecond precision is deterministically truncated (down) to prevent
-   * timestamp boundary rollovers.
-   */
-  public static String formatTimestampString(String epochDecimal) {
-    return formatTimestampString(epochDecimal, false);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Formats a numeric epoch decimal string into standard SQL timestamp string format ("yyyy-MM-dd
    * HH:mm:ss.ffffff[ffffff]"). Sub-microsecond / sub-picosecond precision is deterministically

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class DataSource implements javax.sql.DataSource {
   private Map<String, String> queryProperties;
   private String logLevel;
   private Boolean enableSession;
+  private Boolean enableTimestampPicos;
   private String logPath;
   private String gcpTelemetryProjectId;
   private String gcpTelemetryCredentials;
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ public class DataSource implements javax.sql.DataSource {
           .put(
               BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.GCP_TELEMETRY_CREDENTIALS_PROPERTY_NAME,
               DataSource::setGcpTelemetryCredentials)
+          .put(
+              BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_PROPERTY_NAME,
+              (ds, val) ->
+                  ds.setEnableTimestampPicos(
+                      BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.convertIntToBoolean(
+                          val, BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_PROPERTY_NAME)))
           .put(
               BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.ENABLE_HTAPI_PROPERTY_NAME,
               (ds, val) ->
@@ -925,6 +932,16 @@ public Boolean getUnsupportedHTAPIFallback() {
         : BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.DEFAULT_UNSUPPORTED_HTAPI_FALLBACK_VALUE;
   }
 
+  public Boolean getEnableTimestampPicos() {
+    return enableTimestampPicos != null
+        ? enableTimestampPicos
+        : BigQueryJdbcUrlUtility.DEFAULT_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_PICOS_VALUE;
+  }
+
+  public void setEnableTimestampPicos(Boolean enableTimestampPicos) {
+    this.enableTimestampPicos = enableTimestampPicos;
+  }
+
   public Boolean getEnableSession() {
     return enableSession != null
         ? enableSession

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.Period;
@@ -158,6 +159,26 @@ public void longToTimestamp() {
         .isEqualTo(new Timestamp(1408452095220L));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void textToTimestamp() {
+    Text textUtc = new Text("2026-04-08 10:00:00.123456789123 UTC");
+    Timestamp expected = Timestamp.from(Instant.parse("2026-04-08T10:00:00.123456789Z"));
+    assertThat(INSTANCE.coerceTo(Timestamp.class, textUtc)).isEqualTo(expected);
+
+    Text textIso = new Text("2026-04-08T10:00:00.123456789123Z");
+    assertThat(INSTANCE.coerceTo(Timestamp.class, textIso)).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void stringToTimestamp() {
+    String strUtc = "2026-04-08 10:00:00.123456789123 UTC";
+    Timestamp expected = Timestamp.from(Instant.parse("2026-04-08T10:00:00.123456789Z"));
+    assertThat(INSTANCE.coerceTo(Timestamp.class, strUtc)).isEqualTo(expected);
+
+    String strIso = "2026-04-08T10:00:00.123456789123Z";
+    assertThat(INSTANCE.coerceTo(Timestamp.class, strIso)).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void nullToTime() {
     assertThat(INSTANCE.coerceTo(Time.class, null)).isNull();

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType.VARCHAR;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field.Mode;
@@ -437,5 +438,56 @@ private int resultSetRowCount(BigQueryArrowResultSet resultSet) throws SQLExcept
     return rowCount;
   }
 
-  // TODO: Unit Test for iteration and getters
+  @Test
+  public void testPicosecondTimestampArrowVector() throws Exception {
+    RootAllocator allocator = new RootAllocator();
+    VarCharVector timeStampPicosVector = new VarCharVector("timeStampField", allocator);
+    timeStampPicosVector.allocateNew(1);
+    timeStampPicosVector.set(0, new Text("2026-04-08T10:00:00.123456789123Z"));
+    timeStampPicosVector.setValueCount(1);
+
+    VectorSchemaRoot picosRoot = new VectorSchemaRoot(ImmutableList.of(timeStampPicosVector));
+    ArrowSchema arrowSchema =
+        ArrowSchema.newBuilder()
+            .setSerializedSchema(serializeSchema(picosRoot.getSchema()))
+            .build();
+    ArrowRecordBatch recordBatch =
+        ArrowRecordBatch.newBuilder()
+            .setSerializedRecordBatch(serializeVectorSchemaRoot(picosRoot))
+            .build();
+
+    BigQueryArrowBatchWrapper batchWrapper = BigQueryArrowBatchWrapper.of(recordBatch, false);
+    BlockingQueue<BigQueryArrowBatchWrapper> picosBuffer = new LinkedBlockingDeque<>(2);
+    picosBuffer.add(batchWrapper);
+    picosBuffer.add(BigQueryArrowBatchWrapper.of(null, true));
+
+    Schema bqSchema =
+        Schema.of(FieldList.of(Field.of("timeStampField", StandardSQLTypeName.TIMESTAMP)));
+    BigQueryStatement mockStatement = mock(BigQueryStatement.class);
+    when(mockStatement.isEnableTimestampPicos()).thenReturn(true);
+
+    BigQueryArrowResultSet rs =
+        BigQueryArrowResultSet.of(
+            bqSchema, arrowSchema, 1, mockStatement, picosBuffer, mock(Future.class), null);
+
+    assertThat(rs.next()).isTrue();
+    // getString returns full 12-digit picosecond string
+    assertThat(rs.getString("timeStampField")).isEqualTo("2026-04-08 10:00:00.123456789123");
+    assertThat(rs.getString(1)).isEqualTo("2026-04-08 10:00:00.123456789123");
+
+    // getTimestamp returns java.sql.Timestamp with 9 digits of nanoseconds
+    Timestamp ts = rs.getTimestamp("timeStampField");
+    assertThat(ts).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(ts.getNanos()).isEqualTo(123456789);
+
+    // getObject returns java.sql.Timestamp
+    Object obj = rs.getObject(1);
+    assertThat(obj).isInstanceOf(Timestamp.class);
+    assertThat(((Timestamp) obj).getNanos()).isEqualTo(123456789);
+
+    rs.close();
+    timeStampPicosVector.close();
+    picosRoot.close();
+    allocator.close();
+  }
 }
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static java.time.Month.MARCH;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.FieldList;
@@ -509,7 +510,8 @@ public void testGetObjectWithType_failure(Object column, Class<?> type) throws S
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testGetString_timestamp() throws SQLException {
+  public void testGetString_timestampWithPicoseconds() throws SQLException {
+    when(statement.isEnableTimestampPicos()).thenReturn(true);
     assertThat(resetResultSet()).isTrue();
     bigQueryJsonResultSet.next();
     assertThat(bigQueryJsonResultSet.getString("fifth")).isEqualTo("2023-03-30 11:14:19.820000");