Export SQLite table to CSV using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from SQLite table to CSV using current date as file name?

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Export data from SQLite table to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to SQLite -> Choose SQLite table -> Set CSV filename template including date -> Export SQLite to CSV using current date as file name

Choose SQLite and logon.

“Export From Table” for “CSV to SQLite“.

Select CSV file type.

1. Choose SQLite table.

2. Set CSV file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export SQLite table data to CSV file. Dynamically created CSV file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output CSV files.

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More about SQLite to CSV converter

SQLite → CSV reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQLite	in CSV
Int	INTEGER	1234
Bigint	INTEGER	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMERIC	1234.56
Float	REAL	1.234e+10
Text	TEXT	quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote
Long text	TEXT	must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records
Date	TEXT	2026-09-18
Datetime	TEXT	2026-09-18 14:30:00
Binary	BLOB	not representable - base64 or hex string
Boolean	INTEGER	TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer
JSON	TEXT	the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled

Dialect differences

SQLite is a database server and CSV is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in SQLite	in CSV
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	"double quotes" or [brackets]	Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	TEXT (no date type)	Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long text	TEXT	—
binary	BLOB	Not supported
separator	—	Comma ","
encoding	—	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing	—	None - every field is text
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat table, optional header row
ceiling	—	No formal limit; row count bounded by memory

Command line

Side	Command
SQLite	sqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load)	.import (sqlite3)

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