entity framework - LINQ to Entities for subtracting 2 dates

Question

I am trying to determine the number of days between 2 dates using LINQ with Entity Framework. It is telling me that it does not recognize Subtract on the System.TimeSpan class

Here is my where portion of the LINQ query.

where ((DateTime.Now.Subtract(vid.CreatedDate).TotalDays < maxAgeInDays))

Here is the error I receive in the VS.NET debugger

{"LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.TimeSpan Subtract(System.DateTime)' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression."}

Am I doing something wrong or is there a better way to get the number of days between 2 DateTimes in the entity framework?

thanks Michael

Answer 1

The accepted answer is better in this case, but for reference you can use the EntityFunctions class to perform operations on dates, among other things.

where (vid.CreatedDate >= EntityFunctions.AddDays(DateTime.Now, -maxAgeInDay))