Android SQlite returning -1 with getColumnIndex when column obviously exists

When inserting temporary values to all of the columns in my table, it appears to work. See method below and log below. But when I test if the column exists with my test method below, it returns a false that the column exists!!

The first snippet of code shows from where the temporary values and the method for testing if a column exists is called. The snippets below include the log, how the table is created, and the called methods. Thank you!

ContentValues values = setContVal_All_Columns(myTable);

//create row
long insertId = database.insert(myTable, null, values);
System.out.println("Column date exists = " + String.valueOf(doesColumnExist(myTable,"date")));

setContVal_All_Columns Method:

//sets generic content values to initialize row = excluding ID column
private ContentValues setContVal_All_Columns(String myTable) {

    ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
    Cursor cursor = database.query(myTable,null,null,null,null,null,null);
    String[] columnNames = cursor.getColumnNames();
    cursor.moveToFirst();

    for(String name : columnNames) {
        if(!name.equals(IdColumn)) {  //excludes Id column
            int index = cursor.getColumnIndex(name);
            System.out.println("Column name = " + name + " index = " + String.valueOf(index));
            System.out.println("Type = " + String.valueOf(cursor.getType(index))); //appears to crash on the getType
            if (cursor.getType(index) == 3) {  //String
                System.out.println("Column is string");
                contentValues.put(name, " ");
            } else if (cursor.getType(index) == 1) {  //integer
                contentValues.put(name, 0);
            }
        }
    }

    return contentValues;
}

METHOD FOR TESTING IF COLUMN EXISTS: always returning -1 on date column...

private boolean doesColumnExist(String myTable, String myColumn) {
    boolean doesExist = true;

Cursor cursor = database.rawQuery("PRAGMA table_info(" + myTable + ")",null);
cursor.moveToFirst();

int value = cursor.getColumnIndex(myColumn);

if(value == -1)
{
    doesExist = false;
}
return doesExist;
}

LOG INFO:

02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = date index = 1
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 0
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = name index = 2
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 3
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column is string
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = altitude index = 3
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 0
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = is_used index = 4
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 0
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = warning index = 5
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 0
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column name = action index = 6
02-16 19:58:42.296    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Type = 0
02-16 19:58:42.316    9711-9711/com.mycompany.dudesmyreminders I/System.out﹕ Column date exists = false

Table Creation Method:

//Database creation sql statement
private static final String SQL_CREATE_SPECIAL_DAYS =
        "CREATE TABLE " + dbFields.TABLE_NAME_SPECIAL_DAYS + " (" +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_ID + INTEGER_PRIMARY_KEY + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_DATE + TEXT_TYPE + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_NAME + TEXT_TYPE + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_ALTITUDE + INTEGER_TYPE + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_USED + INTEGER_TYPE + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_WARNING + INTEGER_TYPE + COMMA_SEP +
                dbFields.COLUMN_SPECIAL_DAYS_ACTION + INTEGER_TYPE +
                // Any other options for the CREATE command
                " )";



@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase database) {
    database.execSQL(SQL_CREATE_SPECIAL_DAYS);
}

@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
    Log.w(MySQLiteHelper.class.getName(),
            "Upgrading database from version " + oldVersion + " to "
                    + newVersion + ", which will destroy all old data");
    db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + dbFields.TABLE_NAME_SPECIAL_DAYS);
    onCreate(db);
}