diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
index 3efe82eae11f0..dc15e2fee1c23 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ class ClickHouseTestSettings extends BackendTestSettings {
     .exclude("WeekDay")
     .exclude("WeekOfYear")
     .exclude("DateFormat")
+    .exclude("Gluten - DateFormat")
     .exclude("Hour")
     .exclude("Minute")
     .exclude("date add interval")
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
index 22ec7643833c9..5ff651b05fa9d 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ class VeloxTestSettings extends BackendTestSettings {
     .exclude("to_unix_timestamp")
     // Unsupported format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS
     .exclude("SPARK-33498: GetTimestamp,UnixTimestamp,ToUnixTimestamp with parseError")
+    // Replaced by a gluten test to pass timezone through config.
+    .exclude("DateFormat")
   enableSuite[GlutenDecimalExpressionSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenStringFunctionsSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenRegexpExpressionsSuite]
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
index 79e26e336ab27..706878263b44d 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark32/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -285,4 +285,62 @@ class GlutenDateExpressionsSuite extends DateExpressionsSuite with GlutenTestsTr
     GenerateUnsafeProjection.generate(
       ToUnixTimestamp(Literal("2015-07-24"), Literal("\""), UTC_OPT) :: Nil)
   }
+
+  // Modified based on vanilla spark to explicitly set timezone in config.
+  test(GLUTEN_TEST + "DateFormat") {
+    val PST_OPT = Option(PST.getId)
+    val JST_OPT = Option(JST.getId)
+
+    Seq("legacy", "corrected").foreach {
+      legacyParserPolicy =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> UTC_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Literal.create(null, TimestampType), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(
+              Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT),
+              Literal.create(null, StringType),
+              UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT), "13")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("y"), PST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), PST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("H"), PST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), PST_OPT), "5")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("y"), JST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), JST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("H"), JST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), JST_OPT), "22")
+        }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
index 38678b2ad0d5a..d40a9735e4cc1 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/clickhouse/ClickHouseTestSettings.scala
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ class ClickHouseTestSettings extends BackendTestSettings {
     .exclude("WeekDay")
     .exclude("WeekOfYear")
     .exclude("DateFormat")
+    .exclude("Gluten - DateFormat")
     .exclude("Hour")
     .exclude("Minute")
     .exclude("date add interval")
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
index 7d5c2f7588e55..b22ffad875990 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ class VeloxTestSettings extends BackendTestSettings {
     .exclude("to_unix_timestamp")
     // Unsupported format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS
     .exclude("SPARK-33498: GetTimestamp,UnixTimestamp,ToUnixTimestamp with parseError")
+    // Replaced by a gluten test to pass timezone through config.
+    .exclude("DateFormat")
   enableSuite[GlutenDecimalExpressionSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenHashExpressionsSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenIntervalExpressionsSuite]
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
index 5d24d7e20439b..b599a277214b4 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark33/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -285,4 +285,62 @@ class GlutenDateExpressionsSuite extends DateExpressionsSuite with GlutenTestsTr
     GenerateUnsafeProjection.generate(
       ToUnixTimestamp(Literal("2015-07-24"), Literal("\""), UTC_OPT) :: Nil)
   }
+
+  // Modified based on vanilla spark to explicitly set timezone in config.
+  test(GLUTEN_TEST + "DateFormat") {
+    val PST_OPT = Option(PST.getId)
+    val JST_OPT = Option(JST.getId)
+
+    Seq("legacy", "corrected").foreach {
+      legacyParserPolicy =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> UTC_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Literal.create(null, TimestampType), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(
+              Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT),
+              Literal.create(null, StringType),
+              UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT), "13")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("y"), PST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), PST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("H"), PST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), PST_OPT), "5")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("y"), JST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), JST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("H"), JST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), JST_OPT), "22")
+        }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala b/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
index 5640092f75112..731da2305b79f 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/io/glutenproject/utils/velox/VeloxTestSettings.scala
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ class VeloxTestSettings extends BackendTestSettings {
     .exclude("to_unix_timestamp")
     // Unsupported format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS
     .exclude("SPARK-33498: GetTimestamp,UnixTimestamp,ToUnixTimestamp with parseError")
+    // Replaced by a gluten test to pass timezone through config.
+    .exclude("DateFormat")
   enableSuite[GlutenDecimalExpressionSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenHashExpressionsSuite]
   enableSuite[GlutenIntervalExpressionsSuite]
diff --git a/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala b/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
index 5d24d7e20439b..b599a277214b4 100644
--- a/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/gluten-ut/spark34/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GlutenDateExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -285,4 +285,62 @@ class GlutenDateExpressionsSuite extends DateExpressionsSuite with GlutenTestsTr
     GenerateUnsafeProjection.generate(
       ToUnixTimestamp(Literal("2015-07-24"), Literal("\""), UTC_OPT) :: Nil)
   }
+
+  // Modified based on vanilla spark to explicitly set timezone in config.
+  test(GLUTEN_TEST + "DateFormat") {
+    val PST_OPT = Option(PST.getId)
+    val JST_OPT = Option(JST.getId)
+
+    Seq("legacy", "corrected").foreach {
+      legacyParserPolicy =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> UTC_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Literal.create(null, TimestampType), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(
+              Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT),
+              Literal.create(null, StringType),
+              UTC_OPT),
+            null)
+
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), UTC_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, UTC_OPT), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), UTC_OPT), "13")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("y"), PST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), PST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, PST_OPT), Literal("H"), PST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), PST_OPT), "5")
+        }
+
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.LEGACY_TIME_PARSER_POLICY.key -> legacyParserPolicy,
+          SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> PST_OPT.get) {
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("y"), JST_OPT),
+            "2015")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("y"), JST_OPT), "2013")
+          checkEvaluation(
+            DateFormatClass(Cast(Literal(d), TimestampType, JST_OPT), Literal("H"), JST_OPT),
+            "0")
+          checkEvaluation(DateFormatClass(Literal(ts), Literal("H"), JST_OPT), "22")
+        }
+    }
+  }
 }