John <li...@jspect.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Can the date time functions in SQLite correctly interpret a date string
> like '20120331'?

No. Recognized formats are documented here:

http://sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html

> Is there a format or modifier that will help the function interpret/convert 
> that as '2012-03-31'?

Well, you could write something like

select substr(d, 1, 4) || '-' || substr(d, 5, 2) || '-' || substr(d, 7)
from (select '20120331' as d);

-- 
Igor Tandetnik

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