public Cursor getDayData(String calendarDate) {
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
    Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_NAME, new String[] {
                    COL_1,
                    COL_2, COL_3, COL_4, COL_5}, COL_3 + " LIKE '%"+ calendarDate + "%'",
            null, null, null, null);
    if(cursor != null) {
        cursor.moveToFirst();
    }
    return cursor;
}

dbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
dbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
dbHelper.getDayData(dateDBstring);

String[] from = new String[] {DatabaseHelper.COL_2, DatabaseHelper.COL_3, DatabaseHelper.COL_4};
int[] to = new int[] {R.id.nameLW, R.id.datetimeLW, R.id.descriptionLW};
adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.list_row, cursor, from, to, 0);

listDoDay = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listDoDay);
listDoDay.setAdapter(adapter);
listDoDay.setEmptyView(findViewById(R.id.emptylistDay));

dbHelper.close();