string gdbpath = @"E:\newShapes.gdb"; FileGeoDatabaseFeatureLayer.CreateFileGeoDatabase(gdbpath); Collection columnsTemp = new Collection(); columnsTemp.Add(new FeatureSourceColumn("test", "Date", 20)); FileGeoDatabaseFeatureLayer.CreateTable(gdbpath, "Table1", WellKnownType.Point, columnsTemp); FileGeoDatabaseFeatureLayer gdbLayer = new FileGeoDatabaseFeatureLayer(gdbpath, "table1"); Feature feature = new Feature(0, 0); feature.ColumnValues["test"] = "02-OCT-1969 01:00:00"; gdbLayer.Open(); gdbLayer.FeatureSource.BeginTransaction(); gdbLayer.FeatureSource.AddFeature(feature); gdbLayer.FeatureSource.CommitTransaction(); Collection ids = new Collection() { "1" }; Feature f = gdbLayer.FeatureSource.GetFeaturesByIds(ids, ReturningColumnsType.AllColumns)[0];