Question

what the difference between Timestamp and Date column in SMS content provider? can any one tell me how to get list of message based on specified date?

Answer 1

Here you have details about columns: ( however, it really depends on URI, you will use for a query )
http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/2.3.7_r1/android/provider/Telephony.java#Telephony.TextBasedSmsColumns

The date the message was sent
Type: INTEGER (long)
public static final String DATE = "date";

Code for getting messages for given date (you need READ_SMS permission):

final Cursor myMessages = context.getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://sms"), new String[] { "address", "_id", "body", "type", "date", "read", "thread_id" }, "date > your_timestamp", null, "date ASC");