Set default value in EF designer datetime

Question

Trying to set the default value of a datetime field to take current time. In SQL\'s field designer i\'d use getdate(). What should i use in Entity Framework

Answer 1

Setting default values in Entity Framework 5 and 6 by changing T4 Template File

Made below changes in .tt(template file) remove if condition at line 34

34 if (propertiesWithDefaultValues.Any() || collectionNavigationProperties.Any() || complexProperties.Any())
35 {

add

59 OnCreated();
60 }
61
62 partial void OnCreated();
63 <#

refer this image http://i.stack.imgur.com/DdlNB.png red means remove and green means add

This will add constructor in all entity classes with OnCreated method.

Like below

public partial class Category
{
    public Category()
    {
      this.Products = new HashSet();
      OnCreated();
    }

 partial void OnCreated();
 public int Id { get; set; }
 public string Name { get; set; }

 public virtual ICollection Products { get; set; }
}

Then create class file using same namespace that of Entities.

public partial class Category
{
   partial void OnCreated()
   {
      Name = "abc"
   }
}

refer below answer for more details https://stackoverflow.com/a/38882032/5475124