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

If you prefer not to decorate your classes with attributes, you can set this up in the DbContext's OnModelCreating like this:

public class DatabaseContext: DbContext
{
    // DbSet's

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

        // magic starts
        modelBuilder.Entity()
                    .Property(e => e.ReportDate)
                    .HasColumnType("date");
        // magic ends

        // ... other bindings
    }
}