https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/save-dataframe-to-the-same-variable/m-p/44454#M5805 <P>I would like to know if there is any difference if I save dataframe during tranformation to itself as first code or to new dataframe as second example.</P><P>Thanks</P><LI-CODE lang="markup">log_df = log_df.withColumn("process_timestamp",from_utc_timestamp(lit(current_timestamp()),"Europe/Amsterdam")) </LI-CODE><P>or&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="markup">new_df = log_df.withColumn("process_timestamp",from_utc_timestamp(lit(current_timestamp()),"Europe/Amsterdam")) </LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:45:48 GMT alesventus 2023-09-12T07:45:48Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/save-dataframe-to-the-same-variable/m-p/44454#M5805 <P>I would like to know if there is any difference if I save dataframe during tranformation to itself as first code or to new dataframe as second example.</P><P>Thanks</P><LI-CODE lang="markup">log_df = log_df.withColumn("process_timestamp",from_utc_timestamp(lit(current_timestamp()),"Europe/Amsterdam")) </LI-CODE><P>or&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="markup">new_df = log_df.withColumn("process_timestamp",from_utc_timestamp(lit(current_timestamp()),"Europe/Amsterdam")) </LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:45:48 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/save-dataframe-to-the-same-variable/m-p/44454#M5805 alesventus 2023-09-12T07:45:48Z