R help - Sep 2014 - strange date format after extracting calendar data with RSQLite

Hi,

I have recently downloaded RSQLite with intention of using it to access 
googlecalendar data stored in Thunderbird "cache.sqlite" and 
"local.sqlite". Thunderbird exports the data just fine as a .ics file 
but when I access it directly from R using RSQLite function
"dbGetQuery"
I get strange dates. As an examples:

a date stored as
20140818
appears to me in R as
1129528320

a date stored as
20140823
appears to me in R as
-1663476736

I have not been able to make sense of this and I have found no way to 
convert it back. I am wondering if anyone has experienced these issues 
or have any suggestions what is causing this and how to correct it.

Thank you,

Nuno


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