c# - how to use entity framework to group by date not date with time

Question

my code:

//get data
var myData = from log in db.OperationLogs
              group log by log.CreateTime.Date  into g
              orderby g.Key
              select new { CreateTime = g.Key, Count = g.Count() };

this code will throw an exception like entity framework does not support get Date operation. because log.createtime both have date and time, i want to group by date, how should i do

Answer 1

Use EntityFunctions.TruncateTime Method (Nullable<DateTime>). It will be transalated into TRUNCATETIME() TSQL function in generated SQL query, which does what you need:

Returns the expression, with the time values truncated.

So your code should be as follows:

//get data
var myData = from log in db.OperationLogs
             group log by EntityFunctions.TruncateTime(log.CreateTime) into g
             orderby g.Key
             select new { CreateTime = g.Key, Count = g.Count() };