The SQLite strftime() function enables you to return a date and time value in a specified format.
The actual date/time value returned is based on a time string that you provide as an argument when you call the function, as well as any modifiers you include (as optional arguments). A modifier allows you to change the date, such as add a number of days, set it to local time, etc
Continue readingThe SQLite julianday() function returns the number of days since noon in Greenwich on November 24, 4714 B.C. (using the Proleptic Gregorian calendar).
If using the proleptic Julian calendar, this is Monday, January 1, 4713 BC.
Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period. It’s typically used by astronomers, software, etc to calculate elapsed days between two events.
To use this function, you need to provide a time string, plus any (optional) modifiers. A modifier allows you to change the date, such as add a number of days, set it to local time, etc
Continue readingThe SQLite datetime() function enables you to return a date and time value based on a time string and any modifiers.
It returns the date in this format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
To use this function, you need to provide a time string, plus any (optional) modifiers. A modifier allows you to change the date, such as add a number of days, set it to local time, etc
Continue readingSQLite has a time() function that enables you to return a time value based on a time string and any modifiers.
It returns the time in this format: HH:MM:SS
To use this function, you need to provide a time string, plus any (optional) modifiers. A modifier allows you to change the time, such as add a number of hours, set it to local time, etc
Continue readingSQLite has a date() function that enables you to return a date value based on a time string and any modifiers.
It returns the date in this format: YYYY-MM-DD
To use this function, you need to provide a time string, plus any (optional) modifiers. A modifier allows you to change the date, such as add a number of days, set it to local time, etc
Continue readingThe table below contains the valid format string substitutions that you can use with the strftime() function in SQLite.
Below is a list of valid time string formats that you can use in any date and time function in SQLite.
Continue readingThis article contains three ways to generate an SQL script from an existing table in SQLite.
All three methods generate the CREATE TABLE script, but the last method also generates the INSERT statements for inserting the data.
When using the SQLite command line interface, you can use the .databases command to return a list of attached databases. More specifically, it returns the names and file names/location of each attached database.
You can also use the PRAGMA database_list statement to return a list of databases attached to the current database connection.
Below is a list of valid modifiers for date and time functions in SQLite.
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