Export SQLite table to JSON using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

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

Choose SQLite and logon.

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

Select JSON file type.

1. Choose SQLite table.

2. Set JSON 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 JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output JSON files.

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More about SQLite to JSON converter

SQLite → JSON reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQLite	in JSON
Int	INTEGER	1234 (number)
Bigint	INTEGER	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMERIC	1234.56 (number)
Float	REAL	1.234e10 (number)
Text	TEXT	"text" (string)
Long text	TEXT	"multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string)
Date	TEXT	"2026-09-18" (string)
Datetime	TEXT	"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)
Binary	BLOB	"base64:..." (string)
Boolean	INTEGER	true / false (boolean)
JSON	TEXT	nested object or array, kept as structure

Dialect differences

SQLite is a database server and JSON 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 JSON
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	"double quotes" or [brackets]	Double quotes; backslash escapes
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	TEXT (no date type)	No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p...
long text	TEXT	—
binary	BLOB	Not supported natively - base64 inside a string
separator	—	Braces and commas
encoding	—	UTF-8 by definition
typing	—	string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Nested objects and arrays
ceiling	—	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

Command line

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

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