title: parameterless constructor issue with entity framework
body: <p>I have the following code that is causing the parameterless constructor error with entity framework.  I've figured out that it's being caused by the if (search.Active) block and the dates inside there... but I'm not sure how to get around it.  How can I construct my dates so that EF will work with them?  Thanks.</p>
  
  <pre><code>var members = from m in Members select m;
  
  if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(search.Letter))
              members = members.Where(x =&gt; x.LastName.Substring(0, 1) == search.Letter.Substring(0, 1));
  
          if (search.Active)
          {
              if (DateTime.Now &lt; new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, 10, 15))
              {
                  members = members.Where(x =&gt; x.ExpireDate &gt;= new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, 5, 31));
              }
              else
              {
                  members = members.Where(x =&gt; x.ExpireDate &gt;= new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year + 1, 5, 31));
              }
          }
  
          return members.Select(x =&gt; new MemberListItem
              {
                  FirstName = x.FirstName, 
                  LastName = x.LastName, 
                  MemberId = x.MemberId, 
                  ExpirationDate = x.ExpireDate
              }).ToList();
  </code></pre>