How to compare only date components from DateTime in EF?

Use the class EntityFunctions for trimming the time portion. using System.Data.Objects; var bla = (from log in context.Contacts where EntityFunctions.TruncateTime(log.ModifiedDate) == EntityFunctions.TruncateTime(today.Date) select log).FirstOrDefault(); Source: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/84d4e18b-7545-419b-9826-53ff1a0e2a62/ UPDATE As of EF 6.0 and later EntityFunctions is replaced by DbFunctions.