Question

I have a field in my model class like below:

[ScaffoldColumn(false)]
public DateTime DatePosted { get; set; }

I would like that this field be set to DateTime.Now by default, unless a value was given. In MSSQL server this can be achieved in the table design view by setting the date field’s property “Default Value or Binding” to getdate() – I think, please correct me if I’m wrong.

Answer 1

you can set default values in constructor of your model class,

public YourModel(){
    this.DatePosted =DateTime.Now;
}