OK, you’ve put a default value of GETDATE() on a column in your database and you’re inserting a record via InsertOnSubmit. Oh no, the current server date isn’t applied to your record. How can you get the server date and apply it?
Well, it turns out that there’s a really simple trick that just requires a little bit of skullduggery on your part. (I like that word). Create a partial class that corresponds to your data context. In that class, put the following code:
[Function(Name="GetDate", IsComposable=true)]
public DateTime GetSystemDate()
{
MethodInfo mi = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod() as MethodInfo;
return (DateTime)this.ExecuteMethodCall(this, mi, new object[]{}).ReturnValue;
}
Then, all your code needs to do is call GetSystemDate() whenever you need to the current date from SQL.
Note: You may wonder why I’ve gone to all of this trouble, rather than using DateTime.Now in the client code. By using this method, we get the date and time based on the database server, rather than on client connections which may be set to different times.
