CSV import doesn't support date parsing
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Description
### Describe the bug
While working on [#13576](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/13576/files#diff-ec9107a0ab3a6acc573a935893a568ff798339bbfde06ee3aeb3ed39cd2f483aR367), I noticed we allow to pass `format.date_format` when reading CSV but ignore that
### To Reproduce
```sql
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE dates (
date date
) STORED AS CSV
LOCATION 'dates.csv'
OPTIONS ('format.has_header' 'true', 'format.date_format' '%d/%m/%Y');
SELECT * FROM dates;
0 row(s) fetched.
Elapsed 0.014 seconds.
Arrow error: Parser error: Error while parsing value 03/12/2024 for column 0 at line 1
```
[dates.csv](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17999374/dates.csv)
### Expected behavior
```sql
select to_date('03/12/2024', '%d/%m/%Y');
```
This^ works, so I `date_format` should be supported too?
### Additional context
I believe we currently don't pass the format string when reading csv (because there's no functionality in arrow), only when writing:
https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/blob/9047d99f6bf87582532ee6ed0acb3f2d5f889f11/arrow-csv/src/reader/mod.rs#L909
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the CSV-reading path described in the issue and inspect the linked arrow-csv reader implementation, especially around the referenced reader code. Reproduce the CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE example with dates.csv and the date_format option, then verify that importing the CSV parses 03/12/2024 according to %d/%m/%Y without the parser error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100