1  import sqlite3
       2  import datetime
       3  
       4  con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
       5  cur = con.cursor()
       6  cur.execute("create table test(d date, ts timestamp)")
       7  
       8  today = datetime.date.today()
       9  now = datetime.datetime.now()
      10  
      11  cur.execute("insert into test(d, ts) values (?, ?)", (today, now))
      12  cur.execute("select d, ts from test")
      13  row = cur.fetchone()
      14  print(today, "=>", row[0], type(row[0]))
      15  print(now, "=>", row[1], type(row[1]))
      16  
      17  cur.execute('select current_date as "d [date]", current_timestamp as "ts [timestamp]"')
      18  row = cur.fetchone()
      19  print("current_date", row[0], type(row[0]))
      20  print("current_timestamp", row[1], type(row[1]))
      21  
      22  con.close()