Entity Framework Linq Entity convert to CustomModel - entity-framework

Question

I have the following linq to entity:
var dbShifts = DbContext.Set < SetupShift > ()
.AsNoTracking()
.Where(s => s.ShiftCode == shiftCode).ToList();
The Entity SetupShift has the following properties:
public class SetupShift
{
public int ShiftId { get; set; }
public string ShiftCode { get; set; }
public byte Day { get; set; }
public TimeSpan InTime { get; set; }
public TimeSpan OutTime { get; set; }
public int WorkHours { get; set; }
public TimeSpan LunchOut { get; set; }
public TimeSpan LunchIn { get; set; }
public bool IsActive { get; set; }
public string CategoryType { get; set; }
}
Now, I need to wrap it to a custom model ShiftModel:
public class ShiftModel
{
public int ShiftId { get; set; }
public string ShiftCode { get; set; }
public byte Day { get; set; }
public string DayName { get; set; }
public string InTime { get; set; }
public string OutTime { get; set; }
public int WorkHours { get; set; }
public string LunchOut { get; set; }
public string LunchIn { get; set; }
public bool IsActive { get; set; }
public string CategoryType { get; set; }
}
The only difference between the EF Entity model and my ShiftModel is that the TimeSpan properties are String in the Custom model.
I would like to know if there is a fast way to generate my ShiftModel from my Entity data instead of looping every entity:
List<ShiftModel> shifts = new List<ShiftModel>();
foreach(var entity in SetupShift){
....
newShiftModel = new ShiftModel();
newShiftModel.InTime = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0).ToString(#"hh\:mm");
....
....
shifts.Add(newShiftModel);
}

Answer 1

You could do something like
var dbShifts = DbContext.Set < SetupShift > () .AsNoTracking() .Where(s => s.ShiftCode == shiftCode).Select(x => new ShiftModel() {
ShiftId = x.ShiftId,
ShiftCode = x.ShiftCode,
Etc.....
}).ToList();
Apologies for the poor formatting answering this from my phone.