diff --git a/native/spark-expr/src/utils.rs b/native/spark-expr/src/utils.rs
index 613f55cf77..dc9147e2bd 100644
--- a/native/spark-expr/src/utils.rs
+++ b/native/spark-expr/src/utils.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use arrow::{
     array::{as_dictionary_array, Array, ArrayRef, PrimitiveArray},
     temporal_conversions::as_datetime,
 };
-use chrono::{DateTime, Offset, TimeZone};
+use chrono::{DateTime, LocalResult, NaiveDateTime, Offset, TimeZone};
 
 /// Preprocesses input arrays to add timezone information from Spark to Arrow array datatype or
 /// to apply timezone offset.
@@ -174,6 +174,34 @@ fn datetime_cast_err(value: i64) -> ArrowError {
     ))
 }
 
+/// Resolves a local datetime in the given timezone to an absolute DateTime,
+/// handling DST ambiguity and spring-forward gaps.
+/// Parameters:
+///     tz - timezone used to interpret local_datetime
+///     local_datetime - a naive local datetime to resolve
+fn resolve_local_datetime(tz: &Tz, local_datetime: NaiveDateTime) -> DateTime<Tz> {
+    match tz.from_local_datetime(&local_datetime) {
+        LocalResult::Single(dt) => dt,
+        LocalResult::Ambiguous(dt, _) => dt,
+        LocalResult::None => {
+            // Determine offset before time-change
+            let probe = local_datetime - chrono::Duration::hours(3);
+            let pre_offset = match tz.from_local_datetime(&probe) {
+                LocalResult::Single(dt) => dt.offset().fix(),
+                LocalResult::Ambiguous(dt, _) => dt.offset().fix(),
+                LocalResult::None => {
+                    // Cannot determine offset; fall back to UTC interpretation
+                    return local_datetime.and_utc().with_timezone(tz);
+                }
+            };
+            let offset_secs = pre_offset.local_minus_utc() as i64;
+
+            let utc_naive = local_datetime - chrono::Duration::seconds(offset_secs);
+            utc_naive.and_utc().with_timezone(tz)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Takes in a Timestamp(Microsecond, None) array and a timezone id, and returns
 /// a Timestamp(Microsecond, Some<_>) array.
 /// The understanding is that the input array has time in the timezone specified in the second
@@ -196,8 +224,8 @@ fn timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp(
                 as_datetime::<TimestampMicrosecondType>(value)
                     .ok_or_else(|| datetime_cast_err(value))
                     .map(|local_datetime| {
-                        let datetime: DateTime<Tz> =
-                            tz.from_local_datetime(&local_datetime).unwrap();
+                        let datetime = resolve_local_datetime(&tz, local_datetime);
+
                         datetime.timestamp_micros()
                     })
             })?;
@@ -215,8 +243,8 @@ fn timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp(
                 as_datetime::<TimestampMillisecondType>(value)
                     .ok_or_else(|| datetime_cast_err(value))
                     .map(|local_datetime| {
-                        let datetime: DateTime<Tz> =
-                            tz.from_local_datetime(&local_datetime).unwrap();
+                        let datetime = resolve_local_datetime(&tz, local_datetime);
+
                         datetime.timestamp_millis()
                     })
             })?;
@@ -312,6 +340,19 @@ pub fn unlikely(b: bool) -> bool {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn array_containing(local_datetime: &str) -> ArrayRef {
+        let dt = NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(local_datetime, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").unwrap();
+        let ts = dt.and_utc().timestamp_micros();
+        Arc::new(TimestampMicrosecondArray::from(vec![ts]))
+    }
+
+    fn micros_for(datetime: &str) -> i64 {
+        NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(datetime, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+            .unwrap()
+            .and_utc()
+            .timestamp_micros()
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_build_bool_state() {
         let mut builder = BooleanBufferBuilder::new(0);
@@ -330,4 +371,34 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(last, build_bool_state(&mut builder, &EmitTo::All));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp_handles_non_existent_time() {
+        let output = timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp(
+            array_containing("2024-03-31 01:30:00"),
+            "Europe/London",
+            None,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            as_primitive_array::<TimestampMicrosecondType>(&output).value(0),
+            micros_for("2024-03-31 01:30:00")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp_handles_ambiguous_time() {
+        let output = timestamp_ntz_to_timestamp(
+            array_containing("2024-10-27 01:30:00"),
+            "Europe/London",
+            None,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            as_primitive_array::<TimestampMicrosecondType>(&output).value(0),
+            micros_for("2024-10-27 00:30:00")
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometTemporalExpressionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometTemporalExpressionSuite.scala
index 9f5413933a..fd3e7877a7 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometTemporalExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometTemporalExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -489,4 +489,24 @@ class CometTemporalExpressionSuite extends CometTestBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanH
         dummyDF.selectExpr("unix_date(cast(NULL as date))"))
     }
   }
+
+  test("cast TimestampNTZ to Timestamp - DST edge cases") {
+    val data = Seq(
+      Row(java.time.LocalDateTime.parse("2024-03-31T01:30:00")), // Spring forward (Europe/London)
+      Row(java.time.LocalDateTime.parse("2024-10-27T01:30:00")) // Fall back (Europe/London)
+    )
+    val schema = StructType(Seq(StructField("ts_ntz", DataTypes.TimestampNTZType, true)))
+    spark
+      .createDataFrame(spark.sparkContext.parallelize(data), schema)
+      .createOrReplaceTempView("dst_tbl")
+
+    // We `allowIncompatible` here because casts involving TimestampNTZ are marked
+    // as Incompatible (due to incorrect behaviour when casting from a string)
+    withSQLConf(
+      SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE.key -> "Europe/London",
+      "spark.comet.expression.Cast.allowIncompatible" -> "true") {
+      checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+        "SELECT ts_ntz, CAST(ts_ntz AS TIMESTAMP) FROM dst_tbl ORDER BY ts_ntz")
+    }
+  }
 }