[SPARK-32133][SQL] Forbid time field steps for date start/end in Sequence

sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala

@@ -2612,10 +2612,17 @@ object Sequence {
       val stepDays = step.days
       val stepMicros = step.microseconds
 
+      if (scale == MICROS_PER_DAY && stepMonths == 0 && stepDays == 0) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "sequence step must be a day interval if start and end values are dates")
+      }
+
       if (stepMonths == 0 && stepMicros == 0 && scale == MICROS_PER_DAY) {
+        // Adding pure days to date start/end
         backedSequenceImpl.eval(start, stop, fromLong(stepDays))
 
       } else if (stepMonths == 0 && stepDays == 0 && scale == 1) {
+        // Adding pure microseconds to timestamp start/end
         backedSequenceImpl.eval(start, stop, fromLong(stepMicros))
 
       } else {
@@ -2674,11 +2681,24 @@ object Sequence {
            |${genSequenceLengthCode(ctx, startMicros, stopMicros, intervalInMicros, arrLength)}
           """.stripMargin
 
+      val check = if (scale == MICROS_PER_DAY) {
+        s"""
+           |if ($stepMonths == 0 && $stepDays == 0) {
+           |  throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+           |    "sequence step must be a day interval if start and end values are dates");
+           |}
+          """.stripMargin
+        } else {
+          ""
+        }
+
       s"""
          |final int $stepMonths = $step.months;
          |final int $stepDays = $step.days;
          |final long $stepMicros = $step.microseconds;
          |
+         |$check
+         |
          |if ($stepMonths == 0 && $stepMicros == 0 && ${scale}L == ${MICROS_PER_DAY}L) {
          |  ${backedSequenceImpl.genCode(ctx, start, stop, stepDays, arr, elemType)};
          |

sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CollectionExpressionsSuite.scala

@@ -933,6 +933,13 @@ class CollectionExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
           Literal(negateExact(stringToInterval("interval 1 month")))),
         EmptyRow,
         s"sequence boundaries: 0 to 2678400000000 by -${28 * MICROS_PER_DAY}")
+
+      // SPARK-32133: Sequence step must be a day interval if start and end values are dates
+      checkExceptionInExpression[IllegalArgumentException](Sequence(
+        Cast(Literal("2011-03-01"), DateType),
+        Cast(Literal("2011-04-01"), DateType),
+        Option(Literal(stringToInterval("interval 1 hour")))), null,
+        "sequence step must be a day interval if start and end values are dates")
     }
   }