diff --git a/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/date_diff.rs b/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/date_diff.rs
index 6a593f0f87..11efdfdce1 100644
--- a/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/date_diff.rs
+++ b/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/date_diff.rs
@@ -71,9 +71,22 @@ impl ScalarUDFImpl for SparkDateDiff {
     fn invoke_with_args(&self, args: ScalarFunctionArgs) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
         let [end_date, start_date] = take_function_args(self.name(), args.args)?;
 
-        // Convert scalars to arrays for uniform processing
-        let end_arr = end_date.into_array(1)?;
-        let start_arr = start_date.into_array(1)?;
+        // Determine target length (broadcast scalars to column length)
+        let len = match (&end_date, &start_date) {
+            (ColumnarValue::Array(a), _) => a.len(),
+            (_, ColumnarValue::Array(a)) => a.len(),
+            _ => 1,
+        };
+
+        // Convert both arguments to arrays of the same length
+        let end_arr = end_date.into_array(len)?;
+        let start_arr = start_date.into_array(len)?;
+
+        // Normalize dictionary-backed arrays (important for Parquet / Iceberg)
+        let end_arr = arrow::compute::cast(&end_arr, &DataType::Date32)
+            .map_err(|e| DataFusionError::Execution(e.to_string()))?;
+        let start_arr = arrow::compute::cast(&start_arr, &DataType::Date32)
+            .map_err(|e| DataFusionError::Execution(e.to_string()))?;
 
         let end_date_array = end_arr
             .as_any()
diff --git a/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/extract_date_part.rs b/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/extract_date_part.rs
index acb7d2266e..0f93821d39 100644
--- a/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/extract_date_part.rs
+++ b/native/spark-expr/src/datetime_funcs/extract_date_part.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use crate::utils::array_with_timezone;
 use arrow::compute::{date_part, DatePart};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, TimeUnit::Microsecond};
 use datafusion::common::{internal_datafusion_err, DataFusionError};
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ use datafusion::logical_expr::{
 };
 use std::{any::Any, fmt::Debug};
 
+use crate::utils::array_with_timezone;
+
 macro_rules! extract_date_part {
     ($struct_name:ident, $fn_name:expr, $date_part_variant:ident) => {
         #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -75,14 +76,28 @@ macro_rules! extract_date_part {
 
                 match args {
                     [ColumnarValue::Array(array)] => {
-                        let array = array_with_timezone(
-                            array,
-                            self.timezone.clone(),
-                            Some(&DataType::Timestamp(
-                                Microsecond,
-                                Some(self.timezone.clone().into()),
-                            )),
-                        )?;
+                        let array = match array.data_type() {
+                            // TimestampNTZ → DO NOT apply timezone conversion
+                            DataType::Timestamp(_, None) => array.clone(),
+
+                            // Timestamp with timezone → convert from UTC to session timezone
+                            DataType::Timestamp(_, Some(_)) => array_with_timezone(
+                                array,
+                                self.timezone.clone(),
+                                Some(&DataType::Timestamp(
+                                    Microsecond,
+                                    Some(self.timezone.clone().into()),
+                                )),
+                            )?,
+
+                            other => {
+                                return Err(DataFusionError::Execution(format!(
+                                    "extract_date_part expects a Timestamp input, got {:?}",
+                                    other
+                                )));
+                            }
+                        };
+
                         let result = date_part(&array, DatePart::$date_part_variant)?;
                         Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(result))
                     }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/ParquetDatetimeRebaseSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/ParquetDatetimeRebaseSuite.scala
index bdb4a9d4b1..33918b424b 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/ParquetDatetimeRebaseSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/ParquetDatetimeRebaseSuite.scala
@@ -116,6 +116,38 @@ abstract class ParquetDatetimeRebaseSuite extends CometTestBase {
     }
   }
 
+  test("datediff works with dictionary-encoded timestamp columns") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      "spark.sql.parquet.enableDictionary" -> "true",
+      CometConf.COMET_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+      val df = spark
+        .createDataFrame(
+          Seq(
+            ("a", java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2024-01-02 10:00:00")),
+            ("b", java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2024-01-03 11:00:00"))))
+        .toDF("id", "ts")
+
+      withTempPath { path =>
+        df.write.mode("overwrite").parquet(path.getAbsolutePath)
+
+        val readDf = spark.read.parquet(path.getAbsolutePath)
+
+        val result = readDf
+          .selectExpr("datediff(current_date(), ts)")
+          .collect()
+
+        assert(result.length == 2)
+      }
+
+      // This used to fail due to array length mismatch
+      val result = readDf
+        .selectExpr("datediff(current_date(), ts)")
+        .collect()
+
+      assert(result.length == 2)
+    }
+  }
+
   private def checkSparkNoRebaseAnswer(df: => DataFrame): Unit = {
     var expected: Array[Row] = Array.empty