1 import sqlite3

     2 import datetime

     3 

     4 con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)

     5 cur = con.cursor()

     6 cur.execute('select ? as "x [timestamp]"', (datetime.datetime.now(),))

     7 dt = cur.fetchone()[0]

     8 print dt, type(dt)