How to use the default Entity Framework and default date values

Question

In my SQL Server database schema I have a data table with a date field that contains a default value of

CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 111)

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Answer 1

You can use a database trigger, which, on insertion, checks if the inserted value is DateTime.MinValue (01.01.0001) and replaces it with the calculated value you desire. This MSDN article describes how to create a trigger.

A little "flaw": with this solution you would have to store the new object to the database and read it back afterwards to update your object with the calculated value.