Added base entity class and extensions for configuring entity dates as UTC

Author: jamesmcroft

src/MADE.Data.EFCore/EntityBase.cs

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+namespace MADE.Data.EFCore
+{
+    using System;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines a base definition for an entity.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class EntityBase
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the identifier of the entity.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Guid Id { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the date of the entity's creation.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the date of the entity's last update.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual DateTime? UpdatedDate { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
+    }
+}

src/MADE.Data.EFCore/Extensions/EntityBaseExtensions.cs

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+namespace MADE.Data.EFCore.Extensions
+{
+    using MADE.Data.EFCore.Converters;
+    using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines a collection of extensions for the <see cref="EntityBase"/> type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EntityBaseExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configures the created and updated date properties of an <typeparamref name="TEntity">entity</typeparamref>  as UTC.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TEntity">The type of entity to configure.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="builder">The entity type builder associated with the entity.</param>
+        /// <returns>The entity type builder.</returns>
+        public static EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> ConfigureDateProperties<TEntity>(this EntityTypeBuilder<TEntity> builder)
+            where TEntity : EntityBase
+        {
+            builder.Property(x => x.CreatedDate).IsUtc();
+            builder.Property(x => x.UpdatedDate).IsUtc();
+            return builder;
+        }
+    }
+}