diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtils.scala
index 593bd18f3d..2e4daa20ad 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtils.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
   }
 
   def millisToDays(millisUtc: Long, zoneId: ZoneId): SQLDate = {
-    val instant = microsToInstant(Math.multiplyExact(millisUtc, MICROS_PER_MILLIS))
+    val instant = microsToInstant(fromMillis(millisUtc))
     localDateToDays(LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, zoneId).toLocalDate)
   }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
 
   def daysToMillis(days: SQLDate, zoneId: ZoneId): Long = {
     val instant = daysToLocalDate(days).atStartOfDay(zoneId).toInstant
-    instantToMicros(instant) / MICROS_PER_MILLIS
+    toMillis(instantToMicros(instant))
   }
 
   // Converts Timestamp to string according to Hive TimestampWritable convention.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
    * Converts milliseconds since epoch to SQLTimestamp.
    */
   def fromMillis(millis: Long): SQLTimestamp = {
-    MILLISECONDS.toMicros(millis)
+    Math.multiplyExact(millis, MICROS_PER_MILLIS)
   }
 
   def microsToEpochDays(epochMicros: SQLTimestamp, zoneId: ZoneId): SQLDate = {
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
       time2: SQLTimestamp,
       roundOff: Boolean,
       zoneId: ZoneId): Double = {
-    val millis1 = MICROSECONDS.toMillis(time1)
-    val millis2 = MICROSECONDS.toMillis(time2)
+    val millis1 = toMillis(time1)
+    val millis2 = toMillis(time2)
     val date1 = millisToDays(millis1, zoneId)
     val date2 = millisToDays(millis2, zoneId)
     val (year1, monthInYear1, dayInMonth1, daysToMonthEnd1) = splitDate(date1)
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
       case TRUNC_TO_HOUR => truncToUnit(t, zoneId, ChronoUnit.HOURS)
       case TRUNC_TO_DAY => truncToUnit(t, zoneId, ChronoUnit.DAYS)
       case _ =>
-        val millis = MICROSECONDS.toMillis(t)
+        val millis = toMillis(t)
         val truncated = level match {
           case TRUNC_TO_MILLISECOND => millis
           case TRUNC_TO_SECOND =>
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ object DateTimeUtils {
             val dDays = millisToDays(millis, zoneId)
             daysToMillis(truncDate(dDays, level), zoneId)
         }
-        truncated * MICROS_PER_MILLIS
+        fromMillis(truncated)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
index 2d98384363..2790f8e998 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtils.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.fromMillis
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.{CalendarInterval, UTF8String}
@@ -704,9 +705,7 @@ object IntervalUtils {
                   microseconds = Math.addExact(microseconds, minutesUs)
                   i += minuteStr.numBytes()
                 } else if (s.matchAt(millisStr, i)) {
-                  val millisUs = Math.multiplyExact(
-                    currentValue,
-                    MICROS_PER_MILLIS)
+                  val millisUs = fromMillis(currentValue)
                   microseconds = Math.addExact(microseconds, millisUs)
                   i += millisStr.numBytes()
                 } else if (s.matchAt(microsStr, i)) {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
index 4893a7ec91..fd77326d6b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.FastDateFormat
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.{ convertSpecialTimestamp, SQLTimestamp}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class LegacyFastTimestampFormatter(
     }
     val micros = cal.getMicros()
     cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0)
-    cal.getTimeInMillis * MICROS_PER_MILLIS + micros
+    Math.addExact(fromMillis(cal.getTimeInMillis), micros)
   }
 
   def format(timestamp: SQLTimestamp): String = {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class LegacySimpleTimestampFormatter(
   }
 
   override def parse(s: String): Long = {
-    sdf.parse(s).getTime * MICROS_PER_MILLIS
+    fromMillis(sdf.parse(s).getTime)
   }
 
   override def format(us: Long): String = {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
index ad66873c02..bde95f0e3a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CastSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import java.util.{Calendar, TimeZone}
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit._
 
 import scala.collection.parallel.immutable.ParVector
 
@@ -272,13 +271,13 @@ abstract class CastSuiteBase extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
       checkEvaluation(
         cast(cast(new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis), StringType, timeZoneId),
           TimestampType, timeZoneId),
-        MILLISECONDS.toMicros(c.getTimeInMillis))
+        fromMillis(c.getTimeInMillis))
       c = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZoneGMT)
       c.set(2015, 10, 1, 2, 30, 0)
       checkEvaluation(
         cast(cast(new Timestamp(c.getTimeInMillis), StringType, timeZoneId),
           TimestampType, timeZoneId),
-        MILLISECONDS.toMicros(c.getTimeInMillis))
+        fromMillis(c.getTimeInMillis))
     }
 
     val gmtId = Option("GMT")
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
index a514c902f1..f1ad753217 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/DateExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.time.{Instant, LocalDate, LocalDateTime, ZoneId, ZoneOffset}
 import java.util.{Calendar, Locale, TimeZone}
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit._
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class DateExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
 
   def toMillis(timestamp: String): Long = {
     val tf = TimestampFormatter("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", ZoneOffset.UTC)
-    TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(tf.parse(timestamp))
+    DateTimeUtils.toMillis(tf.parse(timestamp))
   }
   val date = "2015-04-08 13:10:15"
   val d = new Date(toMillis(date))
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/IntervalExpressionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/IntervalExpressionsSuite.scala
index d31a0e2105..bc5743811c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/IntervalExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/IntervalExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import scala.language.implicitConversions
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeTestUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.IntervalUtils.{safeStringToInterval, stringToInterval}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ class IntervalExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
         seconds: Int = 0,
         millis: Int = 0,
         micros: Int = 0): Unit = {
-      val secFrac = seconds * MICROS_PER_SECOND + millis * MICROS_PER_MILLIS + micros
+      val secFrac = DateTimeTestUtils.secFrac(seconds, millis, micros)
       val intervalExpr = MakeInterval(Literal(years), Literal(months), Literal(weeks),
         Literal(days), Literal(hours), Literal(minutes), Literal(Decimal(secFrac, 8, 6)))
       val totalMonths = years * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + months
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
index df012ccf09..e8beb612b5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, _}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate.{First, Last}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{DateTimeTestUtils, IntervalUtils}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.IntervalUtils.IntervalUnit._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
@@ -681,13 +680,13 @@ class ExpressionParserSuite extends AnalysisTest {
       Literal(new CalendarInterval(
         0,
         0,
-        -13 * MICROS_PER_SECOND - 123 * MICROS_PER_MILLIS - 456)))
+        DateTimeTestUtils.secFrac(-13, -123, -456))))
     checkIntervals(
       "13.123456 second",
       Literal(new CalendarInterval(
         0,
         0,
-        13 * MICROS_PER_SECOND + 123 * MICROS_PER_MILLIS + 456)))
+        DateTimeTestUtils.secFrac(13, 123, 456))))
     checkIntervals("1.001 second",
       Literal(IntervalUtils.stringToInterval("1 second 1 millisecond")))
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeTestUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeTestUtils.scala
index 8d16007a18..5f1428f96e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeTestUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeTestUtils.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.time.{LocalDate, LocalDateTime, LocalTime, ZoneId, ZoneOffset}
 import java.util.TimeZone
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
+
 /**
  * Helper functions for testing date and time functionality.
  */
@@ -95,4 +97,11 @@ object DateTimeTestUtils {
     val localDateTime = LocalDateTime.of(localDate, localTime)
     localDateTimeToMicros(localDateTime, zid)
   }
+
+  def secFrac(seconds: Int, milliseconds: Int, microseconds: Int): Long = {
+    var result: Long = microseconds
+    result = Math.addExact(result, Math.multiplyExact(milliseconds, MICROS_PER_MILLIS))
+    result = Math.addExact(result, Math.multiplyExact(seconds, MICROS_PER_SECOND))
+    result
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtilsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtilsSuite.scala
index 6ed18ca1be..2e689be01f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ class DateTimeUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with SQLHelper {
 
   test("SPARK-6785: java date conversion before and after epoch") {
     def format(d: Date): String = {
-      TimestampFormatter("uuuu-MM-dd", defaultTimeZone().toZoneId)
-        .format(d.getTime * MICROS_PER_MILLIS)
+      TimestampFormatter("uuuu-MM-dd", defaultTimeZone().toZoneId).format(fromMillis(d.getTime))
     }
     def checkFromToJavaDate(d1: Date): Unit = {
       val d2 = toJavaDate(fromJavaDate(d1))
@@ -584,15 +583,15 @@ class DateTimeUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with SQLHelper {
   }
 
   test("daysToMillis and millisToDays") {
-    val input = TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, 16, zid = zonePST))
+    val input = toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, 16, zid = zonePST))
     assert(millisToDays(input, zonePST) === 16800)
     assert(millisToDays(input, ZoneOffset.UTC) === 16801)
     assert(millisToDays(-1 * MILLIS_PER_DAY + 1, ZoneOffset.UTC) == -1)
 
-    var expected = TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, zid = zonePST))
+    var expected = toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, zid = zonePST))
     assert(daysToMillis(16800, zonePST) === expected)
 
-    expected = TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, zid = zoneGMT))
+    expected = toMillis(date(2015, 12, 31, zid = zoneGMT))
     assert(daysToMillis(16800, ZoneOffset.UTC) === expected)
 
     // There are some days are skipped entirely in some timezone, skip them here.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtilsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtilsSuite.scala
index 514804cbda..d0d79acd73 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/IntervalUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.SQLHelper
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.fromMillis
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.IntervalUtils._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.IntervalUtils.IntervalUnit._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class IntervalUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper {
     testSingleUnit("HouR", 3, 0, 0, 3 * MICROS_PER_HOUR)
     testSingleUnit("MiNuTe", 3, 0, 0, 3 * MICROS_PER_MINUTE)
     testSingleUnit("Second", 3, 0, 0, 3 * MICROS_PER_SECOND)
-    testSingleUnit("MilliSecond", 3, 0, 0, 3 * MICROS_PER_MILLIS)
+    testSingleUnit("MilliSecond", 3, 0, 0, fromMillis(3))
     testSingleUnit("MicroSecond", 3, 0, 0, 3)
 
     checkFromInvalidString(null, "cannot be null")
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ class IntervalUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper {
         new CalendarInterval(
           0,
           10,
-          12 * MICROS_PER_MINUTE + 888 * MICROS_PER_MILLIS))
+          12 * MICROS_PER_MINUTE + fromMillis(888)))
       assert(fromDayTimeString("-3 0:0:0") === new CalendarInterval(0, -3, 0L))
 
       try {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/EventTimeWatermarkExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/EventTimeWatermarkExec.scala
index eac5246904..7dd52c1fea 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/EventTimeWatermarkExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/EventTimeWatermarkExec.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, UnsafeProjection}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.EventTimeWatermark
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants.MICROS_PER_MILLIS
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.toMillis
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{SparkPlan, UnaryExecNode}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.MetadataBuilder
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.CalendarInterval
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ case class EventTimeWatermarkExec(
     child.execute().mapPartitions { iter =>
       val getEventTime = UnsafeProjection.create(eventTime :: Nil, child.output)
       iter.map { row =>
-        eventTimeStats.add(getEventTime(row).getLong(0) / MICROS_PER_MILLIS)
+        eventTimeStats.add(toMillis(getEventTime(row).getLong(0)))
         row
       }
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/Triggers.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/Triggers.scala
index 1a27fe61d9..d40208f02e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/Triggers.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/Triggers.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeConstants.MICROS_PER_DAY
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.toMillis
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.IntervalUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.Trigger
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ private object Triggers {
     if (cal.months != 0) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Doesn't support month or year interval: $interval")
     }
-    TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(cal.microseconds + cal.days * MICROS_PER_DAY)
+    val microsInDays = Math.multiplyExact(cal.days, MICROS_PER_DAY)
+    toMillis(Math.addExact(cal.microseconds, microsInDays))
   }
 
   def convert(interval: Duration): Long = interval.toMillis
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionTestBase.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionTestBase.scala
index fde8ddf491..b6ea26ab95 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionTestBase.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionTestBase.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 import java.{lang => jl}
 import java.io.File
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.util.Random
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogColumnStat, CatalogStatisti
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTypes.TablePartitionSpec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{ColumnStat, Histogram, HistogramBin, HistogramSerializer, LogicalPlan}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeTestUtils._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.LogicalRelation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.{SQLConf, StaticSQLConf}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SQLTestUtils
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ abstract class StatisticsCollectionTestBase extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils
   private val d2 = Date.valueOf(d2Str)
   private val t1Str = "2016-05-08 00:00:01.000000"
   private val t1Internal = date(2016, 5, 8, 0, 0, 1)
-  private val t1 = new Timestamp(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(t1Internal))
+  private val t1 = new Timestamp(DateTimeUtils.toMillis(t1Internal))
   private val t2Str = "2016-05-09 00:00:02.000000"
   private val t2Internal = date(2016, 5, 9, 0, 0, 2)
-  private val t2 = new Timestamp(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toMillis(t2Internal))
+  private val t2 = new Timestamp(DateTimeUtils.toMillis(t2Internal))
 
   /**
    * Define a very simple 3 row table used for testing column serialization.