How to compare sqlite TIMESTAMP values

Question

I have an Sqlite database in which I want to select rows of which the value in a TIMESTAMP column is before a certain date. I would think this to be simple but I can\'t get

Answer 1

As best I can tell, it's entirely reasonable to include a timezone specifier; see the text "formats 2 through 10 can . . ." at http://www.sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html However, the issue is that only the date functions interpret timestamps as dates. So for actual comparison, you need to either pass the timestamp through a date function or store things such that string comparison works. One approach would be to code your application such that you called datetime on every value that you insert and on every literal value in a select statement. However, simply not including the time zone as suggested by the existing answer may be easier in many applications.