fix: coerce text to timestamps with timezones #7720
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Which issue does this PR close?
Closes #7697.
Rationale for this change
The specific use case for this change is to allow the third (offset) parameter of the date_bin function to be specified as a constant string when the input array for the second parameter has a specified time zone.
What changes are included in this PR?
Extend the type coercion logic used with function calls to enable text respresentaions of timestamps to be coerced to a timestamp type with a timezone. If there is no other suitable choice the timezone will be "+00" (UTC).
Are these changes tested?
Yes
Are there any user-facing changes?
Strictly speaking this changes the behaviour in a way a user might notice, not in a way that requires changes to the documentation though.