How to delete a particular Partition (Timestamp Based) from a hive table ? Example - Partition column value is load_s=2017-02-22 12%253A21%253A39

[#1]

Let me make it clear

HDFS Level- we have only valid partitions (parition1,parition2)

Table Level - we have both valid(parition1,partition2) and invalid partitions(partition3,partition4). I would like to drop only invalid partitions(partition3,partition4).

-> Unable to drop by passing Url encoded characters & Timestamp.

-> Created invalid partition at HDFS level, unable to drop.

-> Issued MCSK REPAIR command , post success also unable to drop.

ALTER TABLE tablename DROP PARTITION IF EXISTS (load_s='2017-02-22 12:21:39'); - did not worked.

ALTER TABLE tablename DROP PARTITION (load_s='2017-02-22 12:21:39'); - did not worked.

ALTER TABLE tablename DROP PARTITION (load_s='2017-02-22 12%3A21%3A39'); - did not worked.

[#2]

How did u solve this .Im facing the same issue

[#3]

have u tried move out (or delete the folder for that partition ) from hdfs, then run: msck repair table <tablename>