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

SELECT strftime("%m-%d-%Y", date_col, 'unixepoch') AS date_col

Your code will work if it expects a result set column in that format called date_col.

EDIT: One thing you need to watch out for is that getTime uses milliseconds since 1970, while standard UNIX time (including SQLite) uses seconds.