diff --git a/moto/glue/exceptions.py b/moto/glue/exceptions.py
index ec4338577..003734b11 100644
--- a/moto/glue/exceptions.py
+++ b/moto/glue/exceptions.py
@@ -78,3 +78,22 @@ class CrawlerNotRunningException(GlueClientError):
 class ConcurrentRunsExceededException(GlueClientError):
     def __init__(self, msg):
         super().__init__("ConcurrentRunsExceededException", msg)
+
+
+class _InvalidOperationException(GlueClientError):
+    def __init__(self, error_type, op, msg):
+        super().__init__(
+            error_type,
+            "An error occurred (%s) when calling the %s operation: %s"
+            % (error_type, op, msg),
+        )
+
+
+class InvalidInputException(_InvalidOperationException):
+    def __init__(self, op, msg):
+        super().__init__("InvalidInputException", op, msg)
+
+
+class InvalidStateException(_InvalidOperationException):
+    def __init__(self, op, msg):
+        super().__init__("InvalidStateException", op, msg)
diff --git a/moto/glue/models.py b/moto/glue/models.py
index f627c8fb7..0c00d817d 100644
--- a/moto/glue/models.py
+++ b/moto/glue/models.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from .exceptions import (
     JobNotFoundException,
     ConcurrentRunsExceededException,
 )
+from .utils import PartitionFilter
 from ..utilities.paginator import paginate
 
 
@@ -278,8 +279,19 @@ class FakeTable(BaseModel):
             raise PartitionAlreadyExistsException()
         self.partitions[str(partition.values)] = partition
 
-    def get_partitions(self):
-        return [p for str_part_values, p in self.partitions.items()]
+    def get_partitions(self, expression):
+        """See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/webapi/API_GetPartitions.html
+        for supported expressions.
+
+        Expression caveats:
+
+        - Column names must consist of UPPERCASE, lowercase, dots and underscores only.
+        - Nanosecond expressions on timestamp columns are rounded to microseconds.
+        - Literal dates and timestamps must be valid, i.e. no support for February 31st.
+        - LIKE expressions are converted to Python regexes, escaping special characters.
+          Only % and _ wildcards are supported, and SQL escaping using [] does not work.
+        """
+        return list(filter(PartitionFilter(expression, self), self.partitions.values()))
 
     def get_partition(self, values):
         try:
diff --git a/moto/glue/responses.py b/moto/glue/responses.py
index efc9335c7..78a97c651 100644
--- a/moto/glue/responses.py
+++ b/moto/glue/responses.py
@@ -129,13 +129,12 @@ class GlueResponse(BaseResponse):
     def get_partitions(self):
         database_name = self.parameters.get("DatabaseName")
         table_name = self.parameters.get("TableName")
-        if "Expression" in self.parameters:
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                "Expression filtering in get_partitions is not implemented in moto"
-            )
+        expression = self.parameters.get("Expression")
         table = self.glue_backend.get_table(database_name, table_name)
 
-        return json.dumps({"Partitions": [p.as_dict() for p in table.get_partitions()]})
+        return json.dumps(
+            {"Partitions": [p.as_dict() for p in table.get_partitions(expression)]}
+        )
 
     def get_partition(self):
         database_name = self.parameters.get("DatabaseName")
diff --git a/moto/glue/utils.py b/moto/glue/utils.py
index e69de29bb..99f039405 100644
--- a/moto/glue/utils.py
+++ b/moto/glue/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+import abc
+import operator
+import re
+import warnings
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+from itertools import repeat
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+from pyparsing import (
+    CaselessKeyword,
+    Forward,
+    OpAssoc,
+    ParserElement,
+    ParseResults,
+    QuotedString,
+    Suppress,
+    Word,
+    alphanums,
+    delimited_list,
+    exceptions,
+    infix_notation,
+    one_of,
+    pyparsing_common,
+)
+
+from .exceptions import InvalidInputException, InvalidStateException
+
+
+def _cast(type_: str, value: Any) -> Union[date, datetime, float, int, str]:
+    # values are always cast from string to target type
+    value = str(value)
+
+    if type_ in ("bigint", "int", "smallint", "tinyint"):
+        try:
+            return int(value)  # no size is enforced
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(f'"{value}" is not an integer.')
+
+    if type_ == "decimal":
+        try:
+            return float(value)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(f"{value} is not a decimal.")
+
+    if type_ in ("char", "string", "varchar"):
+        return value  # no length is enforced
+
+    if type_ == "date":
+        try:
+            return datetime.strptime(value, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(f"{value} is not a date.")
+
+    if type_ == "timestamp":
+        match = re.search(
+            r"^(?P<timestamp>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})"
+            r"(?P<nanos>\.\d{1,9})?$",
+            value,
+        )
+        if match is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Timestamp format must be yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.fffffffff]"
+                f" {value} is not a timestamp."
+            )
+
+        try:
+            timestamp = datetime.strptime(match.group("timestamp"), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Timestamp format must be yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.fffffffff]"
+                f" {value} is not a timestamp."
+            )
+
+        nanos = match.group("nanos")
+        if nanos is not None:
+            # strip leading dot, reverse and left pad with zeros to nanoseconds
+            nanos = "".join(reversed(nanos[1:])).zfill(9)
+            for i, nanoseconds in enumerate(nanos):
+                microseconds = (int(nanoseconds) * 10**i) / 1000
+                timestamp += timedelta(microseconds=round(microseconds))
+
+        return timestamp
+
+    raise InvalidInputException("GetPartitions", f"Unknown type : '{type_}'")
+
+
+def _escape_regex(pattern: str) -> str:
+    """Taken from Python 3.7 to avoid escaping '%'."""
+    _special_chars_map = {i: "\\" + chr(i) for i in b"()[]{}?*+-|^$\\.&~# \t\n\r\v\f"}
+    return pattern.translate(_special_chars_map)
+
+
+class _Expr(abc.ABC):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class _Ident(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: str = tokens[0]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+        try:
+            return self._eval(part_keys, part_input)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            # existing partition values cannot be cast to current schema
+            raise InvalidStateException("GetPartitions", str(e))
+
+    def leval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], literal: Any) -> Any:
+        # evaluate literal by simulating partition input
+        try:
+            return self._eval(part_keys, part_input={"Values": repeat(literal)})
+        except ValueError as e:
+            # expression literal cannot be cast to current schema
+            raise InvalidInputException("GetPartitions", str(e))
+
+    def type_(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]]) -> str:
+        for key in part_keys:
+            if self.ident == key["Name"]:
+                return key["Type"]
+
+        raise InvalidInputException("GetPartitions", f"Unknown column '{self.ident}'")
+
+    def _eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+        for key, value in zip(part_keys, part_input["Values"]):
+            if self.ident == key["Name"]:
+                return _cast(key["Type"], value)
+
+        # also raised for unpartitioned tables
+        raise InvalidInputException("GetPartitions", f"Unknown column '{self.ident}'")
+
+
+class _IsNull(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: _Ident = tokens[0]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return self.ident.eval(part_keys, part_input) is None
+
+
+class _IsNotNull(_IsNull):
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return not super().eval(part_keys, part_input)
+
+
+class _BinOp(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: _Ident = tokens[0]
+        self.bin_op: str = tokens[1]
+        self.literal: Any = tokens[2]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        ident = self.ident.eval(part_keys, part_input)
+
+        # simulate partition input for the lateral
+        rhs = self.ident.leval(part_keys, self.literal)
+
+        return {
+            "<>": operator.ne,
+            ">=": operator.ge,
+            "<=": operator.le,
+            ">": operator.gt,
+            "<": operator.lt,
+            "=": operator.eq,
+        }[self.bin_op](ident, rhs)
+
+
+class _Like(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: _Ident = tokens[0]
+        self.literal: str = tokens[2]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        type_ = self.ident.type_(part_keys)
+        if type_ in ("bigint", "int", "smallint", "tinyint"):
+            raise InvalidInputException(
+                "GetPartitions", "Integral data type doesn't support operation 'LIKE'"
+            )
+
+        if type_ in ("date", "decimal", "timestamp"):
+            raise InvalidInputException(
+                "GetPartitions",
+                f"{type_[0].upper()}{type_[1:]} data type"
+                " doesn't support operation 'LIKE'",
+            )
+
+        ident = self.ident.eval(part_keys, part_input)
+        assert isinstance(ident, str)
+
+        pattern = _cast("string", self.literal)
+
+        # prepare SQL pattern for conversion to regex pattern
+        pattern = _escape_regex(pattern)
+
+        # NOTE convert SQL wildcards to regex, no literal matches possible
+        pattern = pattern.replace("_", ".").replace("%", ".*")
+
+        # LIKE clauses always start at the beginning
+        pattern = "^" + pattern + "$"
+
+        return re.search(pattern, ident) is not None
+
+
+class _NotLike(_Like):
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return not super().eval(part_keys, part_input)
+
+
+class _In(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: _Ident = tokens[0]
+        self.values: List[Any] = tokens[2:]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        ident = self.ident.eval(part_keys, part_input)
+        values = (self.ident.leval(part_keys, value) for value in self.values)
+
+        return ident in values
+
+
+class _NotIn(_In):
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return not super().eval(part_keys, part_input)
+
+
+class _Between(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults):
+        self.ident: _Ident = tokens[0]
+        self.left: Any = tokens[2]
+        self.right: Any = tokens[4]
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        ident = self.ident.eval(part_keys, part_input)
+        left = self.ident.leval(part_keys, self.left)
+        right = self.ident.leval(part_keys, self.right)
+
+        return left <= ident <= right or left > ident > right
+
+
+class _NotBetween(_Between):
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return not super().eval(part_keys, part_input)
+
+
+class _BoolAnd(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults) -> None:
+        self.operands: List[_Expr] = tokens[0][0::2]  # skip 'and' between tokens
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return all(operand.eval(part_keys, part_input) for operand in self.operands)
+
+
+class _BoolOr(_Expr):
+    def __init__(self, tokens: ParseResults) -> None:
+        self.operands: List[_Expr] = tokens[0][0::2]  # skip 'or' between tokens
+
+    def eval(self, part_keys: List[Dict[str, str]], part_input: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        return any(operand.eval(part_keys, part_input) for operand in self.operands)
+
+
+class _PartitionFilterExpressionCache:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # build grammar according to Glue.Client.get_partitions(Expression)
+        lpar, rpar = map(Suppress, "()")
+
+        # NOTE these are AWS Athena column name best practices
+        ident = Forward().set_name("ident")
+        ident <<= Word(alphanums + "._").set_parse_action(_Ident) | lpar + ident + rpar
+
+        number = Forward().set_name("number")
+        number <<= pyparsing_common.number | lpar + number + rpar
+
+        string = Forward().set_name("string")
+        string <<= QuotedString(quote_char="'", esc_quote="''") | lpar + string + rpar
+
+        literal = (number | string).set_name("literal")
+        literal_list = delimited_list(literal, min=1).set_name("list")
+
+        bin_op = one_of("<> >= <= > < =").set_name("binary op")
+
+        and_ = Forward()
+        and_ <<= CaselessKeyword("and") | lpar + and_ + rpar
+
+        or_ = Forward()
+        or_ <<= CaselessKeyword("or") | lpar + or_ + rpar
+
+        in_, between, like, not_, is_, null = map(
+            CaselessKeyword, "in between like not is null".split()
+        )
+        not_ = Suppress(not_)  # only needed for matching
+
+        cond = (
+            (ident + is_ + null).set_parse_action(_IsNull)
+            | (ident + is_ + not_ + null).set_parse_action(_IsNotNull)
+            | (ident + bin_op + literal).set_parse_action(_BinOp)
+            | (ident + like + string).set_parse_action(_Like)
+            | (ident + not_ + like + string).set_parse_action(_NotLike)
+            | (ident + in_ + lpar + literal_list + rpar).set_parse_action(_In)
+            | (ident + not_ + in_ + lpar + literal_list + rpar).set_parse_action(_NotIn)
+            | (ident + between + literal + and_ + literal).set_parse_action(_Between)
+            | (ident + not_ + between + literal + and_ + literal).set_parse_action(
+                _NotBetween
+            )
+        ).set_name("cond")
+
+        # conditions can be joined using 2-ary AND and/or OR
+        expr = infix_notation(
+            cond,
+            [
+                (and_, 2, OpAssoc.LEFT, _BoolAnd),
+                (or_, 2, OpAssoc.LEFT, _BoolOr),
+            ],
+        )
+        self._expr = expr.set_name("expr")
+
+        self._cache: Dict[str, _Expr] = {}
+
+    def get(self, expression: Optional[str]) -> Optional[_Expr]:
+        if expression is None:
+            return None
+
+        if expression not in self._cache:
+            ParserElement.enable_packrat()
+
+            try:
+                expr: ParseResults = self._expr.parse_string(expression, parse_all=True)
+                self._cache[expression] = expr[0]
+            except exceptions.ParseException:
+                raise InvalidInputException(
+                    "GetPartitions", f"Unsupported expression '{expression}'"
+                )
+
+        return self._cache[expression]
+
+
+_PARTITION_FILTER_EXPRESSION_CACHE = _PartitionFilterExpressionCache()
+
+
+class PartitionFilter:
+    def __init__(self, expression: Optional[str], fake_table):
+        self.expression = expression
+        self.fake_table = fake_table
+
+    def __call__(self, fake_partition) -> bool:
+        expression = _PARTITION_FILTER_EXPRESSION_CACHE.get(self.expression)
+        if expression is None:
+            return True
+
+        warnings.warn("Expression filtering is experimental")
+        return expression.eval(
+            part_keys=self.fake_table.versions[-1].get("PartitionKeys", []),
+            part_input=fake_partition.partition_input,
+        )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 31cb595d8..860747c0b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ _dep_aws_xray_sdk = "aws-xray-sdk!=0.96,>=0.93"
 _dep_idna = "idna<4,>=2.5"
 _dep_cfn_lint = "cfn-lint>=0.4.0"
 _dep_sshpubkeys = "sshpubkeys>=3.1.0"
+_dep_pyparsing = "pyparsing>=3.0.0"
 _setuptools = "setuptools"
 
 all_extra_deps = [
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ all_extra_deps = [
     _dep_idna,
     _dep_cfn_lint,
     _dep_sshpubkeys,
+    _dep_pyparsing,
     _setuptools,
 ]
 all_server_deps = all_extra_deps + ["flask", "flask-cors"]
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ extras_per_service.update(
         "cloudformation": [_dep_docker, _dep_PyYAML, _dep_cfn_lint],
         "cognitoidp": [_dep_python_jose, _dep_python_jose_ecdsa_pin],
         "ec2": [_dep_sshpubkeys],
+        "glue": [_dep_pyparsing],
         "iotdata": [_dep_jsondiff],
         "s3": [_dep_PyYAML],
         "ses": [],
diff --git a/tests/test_glue/helpers.py b/tests/test_glue/helpers.py
index 465f7c942..7293b99bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_glue/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_glue/helpers.py
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ def get_table_version(client, database_name, table_name, version_id):
     )
 
 
+def create_column(name, type_, comment=None, parameters=None):
+    column = {"Name": name, "Type": type_}
+    if comment is not None:
+        column["Comment"] = comment
+    if parameters is not None:
+        column["Parameters"] = parameters
+    return column
+
+
 def create_partition_input(database_name, table_name, values=None, columns=None):
     root_path = "s3://my-bucket/{database_name}/{table_name}".format(
         database_name=database_name, table_name=table_name
diff --git a/tests/test_glue/test_partition_filter.py b/tests/test_glue/test_partition_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1b70c6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_glue/test_partition_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+from unittest import SkipTest
+
+import boto3
+import pytest
+import sure  # noqa # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from botocore.client import ClientError
+
+from moto import mock_glue, settings
+
+from . import helpers
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_unknown_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    values = ["2018-10-01"]
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("date_col", "date")]
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    helpers.create_table(client, database_name, table_name)
+
+    helpers.create_partition(
+        client, database_name, table_name, values=values, columns=columns
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(
+            DatabaseName=database_name,
+            TableName=table_name,
+            Expression="unknown_col IS NULL",
+        )
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("Unknown column 'unknown_col'")
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_int_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("int_col", "int")]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["1"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["3"], columns=columns)
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs)
+    partitions = response["Partitions"]
+    partitions.should.have.length_of(3)
+
+    int_col_is_two_expressions = (
+        "int_col = 2",
+        "int_col = '2'",
+        "int_col IN (2)",
+        "int_col in (6, '4', 2)",
+        "int_col between 2 AND 2",
+        "int_col > 1 AND int_col < 3",
+        "int_col >= 2 and int_col <> 3",
+        "(int_col) = ((2)) (OR) (((int_col))) = (2)",
+        "int_col IS NOT NULL and int_col = 2",
+        "int_col not IN (1, 3)",
+        "int_col NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 1 and int_col NOT BETWEEN 3 AND 3",
+        "int_col = 4 OR int_col = 5 AND int_col = '-1' OR int_col = 0 OR int_col = '2'",
+    )
+
+    for expression in int_col_is_two_expressions:
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.equal(["2"])
+
+    bad_int_expressions = ("int_col = 'test'", "int_col in (2.5)")
+    for expression in bad_int_expressions:
+        with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+            client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("is not an integer")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="int_col LIKE '2'")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match(
+        "Integral data type doesn't support operation 'LIKE'"
+    )
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_decimal_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("decimal_col", "decimal")]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["1.2"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2.6"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["3e14"], columns=columns)
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs)
+    partitions = response["Partitions"]
+    partitions.should.have.length_of(3)
+
+    decimal_col_is_two_point_six_expressions = (
+        "decimal_col = 2.6",
+        "decimal_col = '2.6'",
+        "decimal_col IN (2.6)",
+        "decimal_col in (6, '4', 2.6)",
+        "decimal_col between 2 AND 3e10",
+        "decimal_col > 1.5 AND decimal_col < 3",
+        "decimal_col >= 2 and decimal_col <> '3e14'",
+    )
+
+    for expression in decimal_col_is_two_point_six_expressions:
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.equal(["2.6"])
+
+    bad_decimal_expressions = ("decimal_col = 'test'",)
+    for expression in bad_decimal_expressions:
+        with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+            client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("is not a decimal")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="decimal_col LIKE '2'")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match(
+        "Decimal data type doesn't support operation 'LIKE'"
+    )
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_string_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("string_col", "string")]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["one"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["two"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["three"], columns=columns)
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs)
+    partitions = response["Partitions"]
+    partitions.should.have.length_of(4)
+
+    string_col_is_two_expressions = (
+        "string_col = 'two'",
+        "string_col = 2",
+        "string_col IN (1, 2, 3)",
+        "string_col IN ('1', '2', '3')",
+        "string_col IN ('test', 'two', '3')",
+        "string_col between 'twn' AND 'twp'",
+        "string_col > '1' AND string_col < '3'",
+        "string_col LIKE 'two'",
+        "string_col LIKE 't_o'",
+        "string_col LIKE 't__'",
+        "string_col LIKE '%wo'",
+        "string_col NOT LIKE '%e' AND string_col not like '_'",
+    )
+
+    for expression in string_col_is_two_expressions:
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.be.within((["two"], ["2"]))
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="unknown_col LIKE 'two'")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("Unknown column 'unknown_col'")
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_date_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("date_col", "date")]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2022-01-01"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2022-02-01"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2022-03-01"], columns=columns)
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs)
+    partitions = response["Partitions"]
+    partitions.should.have.length_of(3)
+
+    date_col_is_february_expressions = (
+        "date_col = '2022-02-01'",
+        "date_col IN ('2022-02-01')",
+        "date_col in ('2024-02-29', '2022-02-01', '2022-02-02')",
+        "date_col between '2022-01-15' AND '2022-02-15'",
+        "date_col > '2022-01-15' AND date_col < '2022-02-15'",
+    )
+
+    for expression in date_col_is_february_expressions:
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.equal(["2022-02-01"])
+
+    bad_date_expressions = ("date_col = 'test'", "date_col = '2022-02-32'")
+    for expression in bad_date_expressions:
+        with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+            client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("is not a date")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="date_col LIKE '2022-02-01'")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match(
+        "Date data type doesn't support operation 'LIKE'"
+    )
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partitions_expression_timestamp_column():
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [helpers.create_column("timestamp_col", "timestamp")]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["2022-01-01 12:34:56.789"], columns=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(
+        *args, values=["2022-02-01 00:00:00.000000"], columns=columns
+    )
+    helpers.create_partition(
+        *args, values=["2022-03-01 21:00:12.3456789"], columns=columns
+    )
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs)
+    partitions = response["Partitions"]
+    partitions.should.have.length_of(3)
+
+    timestamp_col_is_february_expressions = (
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-01 00:00:00'",
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-01 00:00:00.0'",
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-01 00:00:00.000000000'",
+        "timestamp_col IN ('2022-02-01 00:00:00.000')",
+        "timestamp_col between '2022-01-15 00:00:00' AND '2022-02-15 00:00:00'",
+        "timestamp_col > '2022-01-15 00:00:00' AND "
+        "timestamp_col < '2022-02-15 00:00:00'",
+        # these expressions only work because of rounding to microseconds
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-01-31 23:59:59.999999999'",
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-01 00:00:00.00000001'",
+        "timestamp_col > '2022-01-31 23:59:59.999999499' AND"
+        " timestamp_col < '2022-02-01 00:00:00.0000009'",
+    )
+
+    for expression in timestamp_col_is_february_expressions:
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.equal(["2022-02-01 00:00:00.000000"])
+
+    bad_timestamp_expressions = (
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-01'",
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-15 00:00:00.'",
+        "timestamp_col = '2022-02-32 00:00:00'",
+    )
+    for expression in bad_timestamp_expressions:
+        with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+            client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression=expression)
+
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+        exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("is not a timestamp")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(
+            **kwargs, Expression="timestamp_col LIKE '2022-02-01 00:00:00'"
+        )
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match(
+        "Timestamp data type doesn't support operation 'LIKE'"
+    )
+
+
+@mock_glue
+def test_get_partition_expression_warnings_and_exceptions():
+    if settings.TEST_SERVER_MODE:
+        raise SkipTest("Cannot catch warnings in server mode")
+
+    client = boto3.client("glue", region_name="us-east-1")
+    database_name = "myspecialdatabase"
+    table_name = "myfirsttable"
+    columns = [
+        helpers.create_column("string_col", "string"),
+        helpers.create_column("int_col", "int"),
+        helpers.create_column("float_col", "float"),
+    ]
+
+    helpers.create_database(client, database_name)
+
+    args = (client, database_name, table_name)
+    helpers.create_table(*args, partition_keys=columns)
+    helpers.create_partition(*args, values=["test", "int", "3.14"], columns=columns)
+
+    kwargs = {"DatabaseName": database_name, "TableName": table_name}
+
+    with pytest.warns(match="Expression filtering is experimental"):
+        response = client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="string_col = 'test'")
+        partitions = response["Partitions"]
+        partitions.should.have.length_of(1)
+        partition = partitions[0]
+        partition["Values"].should.equal(["test", "int", "3.14"])
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="float_col = 3.14")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("Unknown type : 'float'")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="int_col = 2")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidStateException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match('"int" is not an integer')
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(**kwargs, Expression="unknown_col = 'test'")
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("Unknown column 'unknown_col'")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+        client.get_partitions(
+            **kwargs, Expression="string_col IS test' AND not parsable"
+        )
+
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Code"].should.equal("InvalidInputException")
+    exc.value.response["Error"]["Message"].should.match("Unsupported expression")