How do i format a date in Linq To Entities - linq

Question

I need to format a datetime as a shortdatestring in my LINQ To Entities query. I tried the following, but it does not work-
aryData =
(
From cert In db.LWCerts _
Select New With { _
.ToBeProcessedDate = cert.ToBeProcessedDate.ToShortDateString
}
).ToArray()
How can I get a date to return as a short date string ("ie: 08/05/2013")?
EDIT Here is the entire linq query-
aryData =
(From lwl In db.LWCertLoans _
Join c In db.Loans _
On c.LoanNum Equals lwl.LoanNum _
Join p In db.LWCertColls _
On lwl.CertID Equals p.CertID _
Join r In db.RespCntrs _
On r.BranchNum Equals c.BranchNum _
Join cert In db.LWCerts.AsEnumerable() _
On cert.LWCertID Equals lwl.CertID _
Where lwl.LoanNum = p.LoanNum _
Select New With { _
.ToBeProcessedDate = cert.ToBeProcessedDate, _
.CertType = cert.CertType, _
.CertCollID = p.CertCollID, _
.CertificateID = p.CertID, _
.LoanNumberTypeAndCurrencyCombined = c.LoanNum, _
.LoanType = c.LoanType, _
.CurrType = r.CurrType, _
.CollanteralBalance = c.ColCurBal, _
.SalesAdditions = p.Sales, _
.CreditMemos = p.Credits, _
.CashRemovals = p.NetCollect, _
.NonDilutiveAdjustment = p.PlusAdj, _
.Discounts = p.Discounts, _
.NonARCash = p.NonARCash, _
.DilutiveAdjustment = p.NegAdj, _
.LWCertCollsComments = p.Comments, _
.StatusCode = p.StatusCode, _
.CertLoanID = lwl.CertLoanID, _
.Modified = lwl.Modified, _
.LoanNum = lwl.LoanNum, _
.EffectiveDate = lwl.EffectiveDate, _
.RepWireNumber = lwl.RepWireNumber, _
.Advance = lwl.Advance, _
.ModifiedDate = lwl.ModifiedDate, _
.DDAAccountName = lwl.DDAAccountName, _
.LWCertLoansComments = lwl.Comments, _
.Comment = If(cert.CertType = 0, p.Comments, lwl.Comments)}).ToArray()

Answer 1

You should move the ToString from database to application, using AsEnumerable():
aryData =
(
From cert In db.LWCerts.AsEnumerable() _
Select New With { _
.ToBeProcessedDate = cert.ToBeProcessedDate.ToShortDateString
}
).ToArray()
That will take DateTime as is is from database and then format it on application side.