diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6425211..e586271 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ target
 tmp
 .clover
 atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4eb7c6c..b555261 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.1.2</version>
+		<executions>
+		    <execution>
+		    	<id>attach-sources</id>
+			<phase>verify</phase>
+			<goals>
+				<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+
+			</goals>
+		    </execution>
+		</executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/DatabaseSpec.java b/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/DatabaseSpec.java
index f6bdd4b..fda88c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/DatabaseSpec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/DatabaseSpec.java
@@ -442,4 +442,13 @@ public String toString() {
                 ", mAfterImporters=" + mAfterImporters +
                 '}';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the List of classes that have been added to the DatabaseSpec, useful for
+     * operations like Database truncate.
+     * @return List<Class?>
+     */
+    public List<Class<?>> getMatches(){
+        return mSqliteList;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/SqliteAdapterImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/SqliteAdapterImpl.java
index 7c92e5f..6559dc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/SqliteAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codeslap/persistence/SqliteAdapterImpl.java
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * This is a persistence adapter that uses sqlite database as persistence engine.
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ public class SqliteAdapterImpl implements SqlAdapter {
     // this expression is used when inserting rows in the many-to-many relation tables. It will basically
     // prevent a row from being inserted when the values already exist.
     private static final String HACK_INSERT_FORMAT = "CASE WHEN (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM %s WHERE %s = %s AND %s = %s) == 0 THEN %s ELSE NULL END";
+	private static final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
     private static final String TAG = "sqliteImpl";
 
     private final DatabaseSpec mDatabaseSpec;
@@ -739,6 +739,8 @@ private Object getValueFromCursor(Class<?> type, String name, Cursor query) {
                 value = query.getString(columnIndex);
             } else if (type == byte[].class || type == Byte[].class) {
                 value = query.getBlob(columnIndex);
+            } else if (type == Date.class){
+	            value = dateFormat.parse(query.getString(columnIndex));
             }
             return value;
         } catch (Exception e) {