diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/rules.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/rules.scala
index 5dbcf4a915cbf..5cc21eeaeaa94 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/rules.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/rules.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, SaveMode, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Attribute, Expression, InputFileBlockLength, InputFileBlockStart, InputFileName, RowOrdering}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Attribute, Cast, Expression, InputFileBlockLength, InputFileBlockStart, InputFileName, RowOrdering}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DDLUtils
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ case class PreprocessTableCreation(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Rule[Logi
 
       c.copy(
         tableDesc = existingTable,
-        query = Some(newQuery))
+        query = Some(DDLPreprocessingUtils.castAndRenameQueryOutput(
+          newQuery, existingTable.schema.toAttributes, conf)))
 
     // Here we normalize partition, bucket and sort column names, w.r.t. the case sensitivity
     // config, and do various checks:
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ case class PreprocessTableCreation(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Rule[Logi
  * table. It also does data type casting and field renaming, to make sure that the columns to be
  * inserted have the correct data type and fields have the correct names.
  */
-case class PreprocessTableInsertion(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with CastSupport {
+case class PreprocessTableInsertion(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
   private def preprocess(
       insert: InsertIntoTable,
       tblName: String,
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@ case class PreprocessTableInsertion(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[LogicalPlan] wit
           s"including ${staticPartCols.size} partition column(s) having constant value(s).")
     }
 
+    val newQuery = DDLPreprocessingUtils.castAndRenameQueryOutput(
+      insert.query, expectedColumns, conf)
     if (normalizedPartSpec.nonEmpty) {
       if (normalizedPartSpec.size != partColNames.length) {
         throw new AnalysisException(
@@ -346,37 +349,11 @@ case class PreprocessTableInsertion(conf: SQLConf) extends Rule[LogicalPlan] wit
            """.stripMargin)
       }
 
-      castAndRenameChildOutput(insert.copy(partition = normalizedPartSpec), expectedColumns)
+      insert.copy(query = newQuery, partition = normalizedPartSpec)
     } else {
       // All partition columns are dynamic because the InsertIntoTable command does
       // not explicitly specify partitioning columns.
-      castAndRenameChildOutput(insert, expectedColumns)
-        .copy(partition = partColNames.map(_ -> None).toMap)
-    }
-  }
-
-  private def castAndRenameChildOutput(
-      insert: InsertIntoTable,
-      expectedOutput: Seq[Attribute]): InsertIntoTable = {
-    val newChildOutput = expectedOutput.zip(insert.query.output).map {
-      case (expected, actual) =>
-        if (expected.dataType.sameType(actual.dataType) &&
-            expected.name == actual.name &&
-            expected.metadata == actual.metadata) {
-          actual
-        } else {
-          // Renaming is needed for handling the following cases like
-          // 1) Column names/types do not match, e.g., INSERT INTO TABLE tab1 SELECT 1, 2
-          // 2) Target tables have column metadata
-          Alias(cast(actual, expected.dataType), expected.name)(
-            explicitMetadata = Option(expected.metadata))
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (newChildOutput == insert.query.output) {
-      insert
-    } else {
-      insert.copy(query = Project(newChildOutput, insert.query))
+      insert.copy(query = newQuery, partition = partColNames.map(_ -> None).toMap)
     }
   }
 
@@ -491,3 +468,36 @@ object PreWriteCheck extends (LogicalPlan => Unit) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+object DDLPreprocessingUtils {
+
+  /**
+   * Adjusts the name and data type of the input query output columns, to match the expectation.
+   */
+  def castAndRenameQueryOutput(
+      query: LogicalPlan,
+      expectedOutput: Seq[Attribute],
+      conf: SQLConf): LogicalPlan = {
+    val newChildOutput = expectedOutput.zip(query.output).map {
+      case (expected, actual) =>
+        if (expected.dataType.sameType(actual.dataType) &&
+          expected.name == actual.name &&
+          expected.metadata == actual.metadata) {
+          actual
+        } else {
+          // Renaming is needed for handling the following cases like
+          // 1) Column names/types do not match, e.g., INSERT INTO TABLE tab1 SELECT 1, 2
+          // 2) Target tables have column metadata
+          Alias(
+            Cast(actual, expected.dataType, Option(conf.sessionLocalTimeZone)),
+            expected.name)(explicitMetadata = Option(expected.metadata))
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (newChildOutput == query.output) {
+      query
+    } else {
+      Project(newChildOutput, query)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
index ee3674ba17821..f76bfd2fda2b9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 
 class InMemoryCatalogedDDLSuite extends DDLSuite with SharedSQLContext with BeforeAndAfterEach {
+  import testImplicits._
+
   override def afterEach(): Unit = {
     try {
       // drop all databases, tables and functions after each test
@@ -132,6 +134,32 @@ class InMemoryCatalogedDDLSuite extends DDLSuite with SharedSQLContext with Befo
       checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(Row("a", 1)) :: Nil)
     }
   }
+
+  // TODO: This test is copied from HiveDDLSuite, unify it later.
+  test("SPARK-23348: append data to data source table with saveAsTable") {
+    withTable("t", "t1") {
+      Seq(1 -> "a").toDF("i", "j").write.saveAsTable("t")
+      checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(1, "a"))
+
+      sql("INSERT INTO t SELECT 2, 'b'")
+      checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(1, "a") :: Row(2, "b") :: Nil)
+
+      Seq(3 -> "c").toDF("i", "j").write.mode("append").saveAsTable("t")
+      checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(1, "a") :: Row(2, "b") :: Row(3, "c") :: Nil)
+
+      Seq("c" -> 3).toDF("i", "j").write.mode("append").saveAsTable("t")
+      checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(1, "a") :: Row(2, "b") :: Row(3, "c")
+        :: Row(null, "3") :: Nil)
+
+      Seq(4 -> "d").toDF("i", "j").write.saveAsTable("t1")
+
+      val e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        Seq(5 -> "e").toDF("i", "j").write.mode("append").format("json").saveAsTable("t1")
+      }
+      assert(e.message.contains("The format of the existing table default.t1 is " +
+        "`ParquetFileFormat`. It doesn't match the specified format `JsonFileFormat`."))
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 abstract class DDLSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {