Question

I am trying to do a Linq group by on just the date part of a datetime field.

This linq statement works but it groups by the date and the time.

var myQuery = from p in dbContext.Trends
          group p by p.UpdateDateTime into g
          select new { k = g.Key, ud = g.Max(p => p.Amount) };

When I run this statement to group by just the date I get the following error

var myQuery = from p in dbContext.Trends
          group p by p.UpdateDateTime.Date into g   //Added .Date on this line
          select new { k = g.Key, ud = g.Max(p => p.Amount) };

The specified type member ‘Date’ is not supported in LINQ to Entities.
Only initializers, entity members, and entity navigation properties are supported.

How can I do a group by for the date and not the date and time?

Answer 1

Use the EntityFunctions.TruncateTime method:

var myQuery = from p in dbContext.Trends
          group p by EntityFunctions.TruncateTime(p.UpdateDateTime) into g
          select new { k = g.Key, ud = g.Max(p => p.Amount) };