Fix date conversion issue with Sqlite provider

src/persistence/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core/Configuration/ValueConverters.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using NodaTime;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core.Configuration
     public static class ValueConverters
     {
         public static readonly ValueConverter<Instant, DateTimeOffset> InstantConverter = new(x => x.ToDateTimeOffset(), x => Instant.FromDateTimeOffset(x));
+        public static readonly ValueConverter<Instant, DateTime> SqliteInstantConverter = new(x => x.ToDateTimeUtc(), x => Instant.FromDateTimeUtc(x.WithKind(DateTimeKind.Utc)));
         public static readonly ValueConverter<JObject?, string> JObjectConverter = new(x => x!.ToString(), x => JObject.Parse(x));
     }
 }

src/persistence/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core/ElsaContext.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-using Elsa.Models;
+using System.Linq;
+using Elsa.Models;
+using Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using NodaTime;
 
 namespace Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core
 {
@@ -17,6 +20,23 @@ namespace Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core
         protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfigurationsFromAssembly(typeof(ElsaContext).Assembly);
+
+            if (Database.ProviderName == "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite")
+            {
+                // SQLite does not have proper support for DateTimeOffset via Entity Framework Core, see the limitations
+                // here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/sqlite/limitations#query-limitations
+                foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes())
+                {
+                    var properties = entityType.ClrType.GetProperties().Where(p => p.PropertyType == typeof(Instant) || p.PropertyType == typeof(Instant?));
+                    foreach (var property in properties)
+                    {
+                        modelBuilder
+                            .Entity(entityType.Name)
+                            .Property(property.Name)
+                            .HasConversion(ValueConverters.SqliteInstantConverter);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/persistence/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework/Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core/Extensions/DateTimeExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Elsa.Persistence.EntityFramework.Core.Extensions
+{
+    public static class DateTimeExtensions
+    {
+        public static DateTime WithKind(this DateTime dateTime, DateTimeKind kind) => new(dateTime.Ticks, kind);
+    }
+}