Inserting a date into the SQLite database...

I am having problems inserting a date into an sqlite database. Heres what I am doing:

//Setup a connection
var conn:SQLConnection = new SQLConnection();
var dbFile:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("somedb.rsd");
conn.open(dbFile);

//Create a statement
var stmt:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement;
stmt.sqlConnection = conn;

//Begin the insert
conn.begin();

stmt.text = "INSERT INTO SomeTbl (bdate) VALUES ('2008-03-04')";
try
{
stmt.execute();
conn.commit();
}
catch(error:SQLError)
{
trace("Error Message: ", error.message);
conn.rollback();
}

//Close whatever needs to be closed and so on...

A record gets inserted into the database just fine but the data in the date field is:
2454529.5
rather then
2008-03-04

The odd thing is when I just do an insert in SQLite Manager extension for FireFox I get the expected output:
2008-03-04

Only when I am doing an insert within the AS of the AIR App do I get the numbers. I know it must be something simple I am over looking but have tried everything I can think of. Any ideas out there?

Bob

*edit* I know I shouldn't use applicationDirectory for storing anything, just did that for testing. I will change it but that isn't the issue here ;)