The CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE and LOAD DATA statements now support the following options
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## Feature
Feature
The [CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create%5Fexternal%5Ftable%5Fstatement)and [LOAD DATA](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/load-statements)statements now support the following options:
* `time_zone`: specify a time zone to use when loading data
* `date_format`, `datetime_format`, `time_format`, and `timestamp_format`: define how date and time values are formatted in your source files
* `null_markers`: define the strings that represent `NULL` values in CSV files.
* `source_column_match`: specify how loaded columns are matched to the schema. You can match columns by position or by name.
These features are [generally available](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages) (GA).