Correction for the fix for Bug 3508 - Persistent storage support breaks Linux compatibility.
A 2nd `make install' will fail attempting to create symlink libnvmemmory.so already created by 1st install.
Install should pre-emptively delete it.
import sqlite3
import datetime
con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
cur = con.cursor()
cur.execute("create table test(d date, ts timestamp)")
today = datetime.date.today()
now = datetime.datetime.now()
cur.execute("insert into test(d, ts) values (?, ?)", (today, now))
cur.execute("select d, ts from test")
row = cur.fetchone()
print today, "=>", row[0], type(row[0])
print now, "=>", row[1], type(row[1])
cur.execute('select current_date as "d [date]", current_timestamp as "ts [timestamp]"')
row = cur.fetchone()
print "current_date", row[0], type(row[0])
print "current_timestamp", row[1], type(row[1])