EDM.DateTime maps to the Teradata types DATE and TIMESTAMP. As with the processing of EDM.String, the Entity Provider does not perform any special processing when the Framework indicates that a parameter is an EDM.DateTime. It will set the TdParameter.TdType to TdType.Timestamp and invoke the Data Provider for Teradata to execute the SQL statement generated from the information passed in by the Entity Framework. In the case where the data of the parameter is a Date, the Data Provider will convert the data into a TIMESTAMP and then send the data to the Advaned SQL Engine. When Teradata receives the data it will implicitly convert the data into a DATE.