diff --git a/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/lib.rs b/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/lib.rs
index 4798a54fb..dcda8bb02 100644
--- a/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/lib.rs
+++ b/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ pub fn create_auron_ext_function(
         "Spark_WeekOfYear" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_weekofyear),
         "Spark_Quarter" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_quarter),
         "Spark_LastDay" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_last_day),
+        "Spark_DateDiff" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_datediff),
         "Spark_MakeDate" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_make_date),
         "Spark_Hour" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_hour),
         "Spark_Minute" => shared_function!(spark_dates::spark_minute),
diff --git a/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/spark_dates.rs b/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/spark_dates.rs
index 42f6192e9..e6fd63e5a 100644
--- a/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/spark_dates.rs
+++ b/native-engine/datafusion-ext-functions/src/spark_dates.rs
@@ -297,6 +297,29 @@ pub fn spark_last_day(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
     Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(last_day)))
 }
 
+pub fn spark_datediff(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
+    let dates = ColumnarValue::values_to_arrays(args)?;
+    let end_date = cast(&dates[0], &DataType::Date32)?;
+    let start_date = cast(&dates[1], &DataType::Date32)?;
+    let end_date = end_date
+        .as_any()
+        .downcast_ref::<Date32Array>()
+        .expect("cast to Date32 must succeed");
+    let start_date = start_date
+        .as_any()
+        .downcast_ref::<Date32Array>()
+        .expect("cast to Date32 must succeed");
+    let result = Int32Array::from_iter(end_date.iter().zip(start_date.iter()).map(
+        |(end_date, start_date)| {
+            end_date
+                .zip(start_date)
+                .map(|(end_date, start_date)| end_date.wrapping_sub(start_date))
+        },
+    ));
+
+    Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(result)))
+}
+
 pub fn spark_make_date(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
     if args.len() != 4 {
         return Err(DataFusionError::Execution(
@@ -665,6 +688,48 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_spark_datediff() -> Result<()> {
+        let date = |year, month, day| {
+            NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(year, month, day)
+                .expect("test date must be valid")
+                .to_epoch_days()
+        };
+        let end_date = Arc::new(Date32Array::from(vec![
+            Some(date(2009, 7, 31)),
+            Some(date(2009, 7, 30)),
+            Some(date(2024, 1, 1)),
+            Some(date(2024, 3, 1)),
+            Some(date(2025, 1, 1)),
+            None,
+            Some(date(2024, 1, 1)),
+        ]));
+        let start_date = Arc::new(Date32Array::from(vec![
+            Some(date(2009, 7, 30)),
+            Some(date(2009, 7, 31)),
+            Some(date(2024, 1, 1)),
+            Some(date(2024, 2, 28)),
+            Some(date(2024, 12, 31)),
+            Some(date(2024, 1, 1)),
+            None,
+        ]));
+        let args = vec![
+            ColumnarValue::Array(end_date),
+            ColumnarValue::Array(start_date),
+        ];
+        let expected_ret: ArrayRef = Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![
+            Some(1),
+            Some(-1),
+            Some(0),
+            Some(2),
+            Some(1),
+            None,
+            None,
+        ]));
+        assert_eq!(&spark_datediff(&args)?.into_array(7)?, &expected_ret);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_spark_make_date_null_and_invalid_inputs() -> Result<()> {
         let result = spark_make_date(&[
diff --git a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
index 6aa11289b..40497d3de 100644
--- a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
@@ -202,6 +202,24 @@ class AuronFunctionSuite extends AuronQueryTest with BaseAuronSQLSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("datediff function") {
+    withTable("t1") {
+      sql("create table t1(end_date date, start_date date) using parquet")
+      sql("""insert into t1 values
+          |  (date'2009-07-31', date'2009-07-30'),
+          |  (date'2009-07-30', date'2009-07-31'),
+          |  (date'2024-03-01', date'2024-02-28'),
+          |  (date'2024-01-01', date'2024-01-01'),
+          |  (date'2025-01-01', date'2024-12-31'),
+          |  (null, date'2024-01-01'),
+          |  (date'2024-01-01', null)
+          |""".stripMargin)
+
+      checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+        "select datediff(end_date, start_date), datediff(end_date, date'2024-01-01') from t1")
+    }
+  }
+
   test("date-part functions with non-UTC timezone") {
     withTable("t1") {
       sql("create table t1(c1 timestamp) using parquet")
diff --git a/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala b/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
index 13dc7b014..b08522a79 100644
--- a/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
+++ b/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
@@ -1002,6 +1002,8 @@ object NativeConverters extends Logging {
         buildTimePartExt("Spark_Quarter", child, isPruningExpr, fallback)
       case e: LastDay =>
         buildExtScalarFunction("Spark_LastDay", e.children, e.dataType)
+      case e: DateDiff =>
+        buildExtScalarFunction("Spark_DateDiff", e.children, e.dataType)
 
       case e: Levenshtein =>
         buildScalarFunction(pb.ScalarFunction.Levenshtein, e.children, e.dataType)