.net - Entity Framework 7: get database time -

what best method database server time in ef7? discovered far no support query output parameters.

if want use entity framework, can that:

• having context:

  // dbcontext public class ef7context : dbcontext { } 

• and utility function:

  public static datetime getdbdatetime() {     using (var context = new ef7context())     {         using (var connection = context.database.getdbconnection())         {             if (connection.state == connectionstate.closed)             {                 connection.open();             }              var command = connection.createcommand();             command.commandtext = "select sysutcdatetime()";             return (datetime)command.executescalar();         }     } }