Entity Framework Code First Date field creation

Question

I am using Entity Framework Code First method to create my database table. The following code creates a DATETIME column in the database, but I want to create a

Answer 1

I use following

    [DataType(DataType.Time)]
    public TimeSpan StartTime { get; set; }

    [DataType(DataType.Time)]
    public TimeSpan EndTime { get; set; }

    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    [Column(TypeName = "Date")]
    public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }

    [DataType(DataType.Date)]
    [Column(TypeName = "Date")]
    public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }

With Entity Framework 6 & SQL Server Express 2012 - 11.0.2100.60 (X64). It works perfectly and generates time/date column types in sql server