Fix type conversion bug

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       </value>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" project-jdk-name="1.8 (1)" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">

app/src/main/java/in/ac/iitb/gymkhana/iitbapp/data/Converters.java

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -63,4 +65,16 @@ public class Converters {
         String json = gson.toJson(list);
         return json;
     }
+
+    @TypeConverter
+    public static Timestamp timestampfromString(String value) {
+        return new Gson().fromJson(value, Timestamp.class);
+    }
+
+    @TypeConverter
+    public static String stringfromTimestamp(Timestamp timestamp) {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = gson.toJson(timestamp);
+        return json;
+    }
 }
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app/src/main/java/in/ac/iitb/gymkhana/iitbapp/data/Event.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ public class Event {
 
     @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true)
     int db_id;
-
     @ColumnInfo(name = "id")
     @SerializedName("id")
     String eventID;