Previously columns with negative int64 values were stored either as float64 or string
depending on whether the negative int64 values are bigger or smaller than -2^53.
If the integer values are smaller than -2^53, then they are stored as string, since float64 cannot
hold such values without precision loss. Now such values are stored as int64.
This should improve compression ratio and query performance over columns with negative int64 values.
Previously field values could be automatically converted to float64 with precision loss.
This could lead to unexpected results when querying such field values.
For example, "10007199254740992" was incorrectly represented as 10007199254740993.
This commit prevents from such lossy conversions when storing field values.
While at it, prevent from int64 overflow at tryParseBytes and tryParseDuration functions,
which are used for parsing constants in queries for byte sizes and durations.
Now these functions return 1<<63-1 (the maximum int64 value) for constants exceeding
this value. Previously they could return arbitrary garbage for such constants.
Use local timezone of the host server in this case. The timezone can be overridden
with TZ environment variable if needed.
While at it, allow using whitespace instead of T as a delimiter between data and time
in the ingested _time field. For example, '2024-09-20 10:20:30' is now accepted
during data ingestion. This is valid ISO8601 format, which is used by some log shippers,
so it should be supported. This format is also known as SQL datetime format.
Also assume local time zone when time without timezone information is passed to querying APIs.
Previously such a time was parsed in UTC timezone. Add `Z` to the end of the time string
if the old behaviour is preferred.
Updates https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6721
The TryParseTimestampRFC3339Nano() must properly parse RFC3339 timestamps with timezone offsets.
While at it, make tryParseTimestampISO8601 function private in order to prevent
from improper usage of this function from outside the lib/logstorage package.
Updates https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6508
