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Entity Framework, Sql Server 2008 why you should use DateTime2

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If you’re using Sql Server 2008 with Entity Framework and have a DateTime field you have no doubt come across this error when Inserting or Updating an Entity

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The conversion of a datetime2 data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

The problem here lies in the fact that the .NET DateTime.MinValue equals 0001-1-1 but the Sql Server DateTime only covers 1753-1-1 through 9999-12-31

The very simple solution is to use DateTime2 in Sql Server 2008 which covers 0001-1-1 through 9999-12-31.

DateTime2 has also has some other benefits.

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