Adding CreatedDate to an entity using Entity Framework 5 Code First

Question

I am trying to add a CreatedDate property to entities in my Model and am using EF5 Code First. I want this date to not be changed once set, I want it to be a UT

Answer 1

Similar to Stephans's Answer but with Reflection and also ignores all user (external) updates Created/Updated times. Show Gist

  public override int SaveChanges()
        {
            foreach (var entry in ChangeTracker.Entries().Where(x => x.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("CreatedTime") != null))
            {
                if (entry.State == EntityState.Added)
                {
                    entry.Property("CreatedTime").CurrentValue = DateTime.Now;
                }
                else if (entry.State == EntityState.Modified)
                {
                    // Ignore the CreatedTime updates on Modified entities. 
                    entry.Property("CreatedTime").IsModified = false;
                }

                // Always set UpdatedTime. Assuming all entities having CreatedTime property
                // Also have UpdatedTime
                // entry.Property("UpdatedTime").CurrentValue = DateTime.Now;
                // I moved this part to another foreach loop
            }

            foreach (var entry in ChangeTracker.Entries().Where(
                e => 
                    e.Entity.GetType().GetProperty("UpdatedTime") != null && 
                    e.State == EntityState.Modified || 
                    e.State == EntityState.Added))
            {
                entry.Property("UpdatedTime").CurrentValue = DateTime.Now;
            }

            return base.SaveChanges();
        }