Format integer to formatted date in an SQLite select statement

Question

I have an SQLite database within my Android application, which stores dates as integers. These integers are derived from a call to Java.util.Date.getTime();. I

Answer 1

The Java.util.Date.getTime(); method is returning an integer that represents the "unix time".

The simplest way to read this number as a date is by storing it as-is, and reading it using the following Sqlite query:

SELECT strftime('%m-%d-%Y', 1092941466, 'unixepoch');

which returns:

08-19-2004

If you need another format, you can use the strftime function to format is as you like, or any of the other date formats and functions available.

You'll have to, as Matthew Flaschen points out in a commend below, divide the date by 1000 before you are able to use them in this way. "Real" unix times are measured in seconds since the epoch, and Java.util.Date.getTime(); returns milliseconds since epoch.