Entity 4.0 Casting Value As DateTime

Question

LINQ to Entity Framework 4.0. SQL Server.

I\'m trying to return a list of objects and one of the columns in the database is varchar(255) and contains dates. I\'m tryin

Answer 1

You want DateTime.Parse(c.value) which will take a string containing a date and create a DateTime object out of it.

Answer 2

The answer is it's not currently possible with Entity Framework. With LINQ itself it is, just not supported with Entity Framework.

Answer 3

read, And the best bet would be using your result and then Converting to date time. Like below,

 static void Main(string[] args)
     {
        Console.WriteLine(getme());
        Console.ReadLine(); 
    }
    private static DateTime  getme()
    {
        List<string> ss = new List<string>();
        ss.Add("11/11/2010");
        var r = from l in ss
                select new { date = Convert.ToDateTime(l) };



        return r.FirstOrDefault().date;

    }

Answer 4

you can do like this Date=DateTime.Parse(text)