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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-07-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001102750</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DAC TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DAAT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001337851</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Praetorian Capital Management LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1000 SOUTH POINTE DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1508</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MIAMI BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33139</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.001 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-07-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>14116</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>589371</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On July 1, 2009, an additional 14,116 shares were contributed to the Fund via an in-kind investment of shares.  An investor that had taken an in-kind distribution of shares as of December 31, 2008 (from a now-closed fund previously managed by the Management Company) decided to invest in the Fund via the in-kind shares that were previously distributed to that investor.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This Form 4 is being filed by Praetorian Capital Management LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (the &quot;Management Company&quot;) which serves as investment manager or advisor to Praetorian Offshore Ltd. (the &quot;Fund&quot;) with respect to the shares identified in this filing.  The Management Company makes the investment and voting decisions on behalf of the Fund but owns no direct investments in the securities of the Issuer.  The Fund directly owns the shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer but does not make any decisions as to voting or buying or selling shares of the Issuer.

Praetorian Offshore Ltd. owns 589,371 shares, of which 14,116 were contributed on July 1, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Wesley N. Cooper</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-07-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
