diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 175b4c7..0c38d97 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- HrynCo shared packages -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="HrynCo.Common" Version="1.0.0" />
     <!-- Entity Framework Core -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.5" />
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/Entity.cs b/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/Entity.cs
index 84f8738..97777fe 100644
--- a/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/Entity.cs
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/Entity.cs
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ public abstract class Entity : Entity<Guid>
     protected Entity()
     {
         Id = Guid.NewGuid();
-        Created = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
     }
 
     protected Entity(Guid id)
     {
         Id = id;
-        Created = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
     }
 }
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/IEntity.cs b/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/IEntity.cs
index 86c256a..33ba1d6 100644
--- a/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/IEntity.cs
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.Abstract/Entities/IEntity.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 namespace HrynCo.DAL.Abstract.Entities;
 
-public interface IEntity<TId> where TId : struct
+public interface IEntity
 {
-    TId Id { get; set; }
     DateTimeOffset Created { get; set; }
     DateTimeOffset? Updated { get; set; }
 }
+
+public interface IEntity<TId> : IEntity where TId : struct
+{
+    TId Id { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Converters/UtcValueConverter.cs b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Converters/UtcValueConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2472c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Converters/UtcValueConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace HrynCo.DAL.EF.Converters;
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+
+internal class UtcValueConverter()
+    : ValueConverter<DateTime, DateTime>(v => v, v => DateTime.SpecifyKind(v, DateTimeKind.Utc));
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Core/BaseDbContext.cs b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Core/BaseDbContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8120507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Core/BaseDbContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+namespace HrynCo.DAL.EF.Core;
+
+using HrynCo.Common;
+using HrynCo.DAL.Abstract.Entities;
+using HrynCo.DAL.EF.Converters;
+using HrynCo.DAL.EF.Exceptions;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+
+public abstract class BaseDbContext : DbContext
+{
+    private readonly IClock _clock;
+
+    protected BaseDbContext(DbContextOptions options, IClock clock)
+        : base(options)
+    {
+        _clock = clock;
+    }
+
+    public override int SaveChanges()
+    {
+        ApplyTimestamps();
+        return base.SaveChanges();
+    }
+
+    public override async Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        ApplyTimestamps();
+        return await base.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    private void ApplyTimestamps()
+    {
+        DateTimeOffset now = _clock.UtcNow;
+
+        foreach (EntityEntry<IEntity> entry in ChangeTracker.Entries<IEntity>())
+        {
+            switch (entry.State)
+            {
+                case EntityState.Added:
+                    entry.Entity.Created = now;
+                    break;
+                case EntityState.Modified:
+                    entry.Entity.Updated = now;
+                    break;
+                case EntityState.Detached:
+                case EntityState.Unchanged:
+                case EntityState.Deleted:
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new UnexpectedEntityStateException(entry.State);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected override void ConfigureConventions(ModelConfigurationBuilder configurationBuilder)
+    {
+        configurationBuilder.Properties<DateTime>().HaveConversion<UtcValueConverter>();
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+    {
+        foreach (IMutableForeignKey relationship in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes()
+                     .SelectMany(e => e.GetForeignKeys()))
+        {
+            relationship.DeleteBehavior = DeleteBehavior.Restrict;
+        }
+
+        modelBuilder.ApplyConfigurationsFromAssembly(GetType().Assembly);
+
+        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Exceptions/UnexpectedEntityStateException.cs b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Exceptions/UnexpectedEntityStateException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b19c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/Exceptions/UnexpectedEntityStateException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace HrynCo.DAL.EF.Exceptions;
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+public sealed class UnexpectedEntityStateException : Exception
+{
+    public UnexpectedEntityStateException(EntityState state)
+        : base($"Unexpected entity state: {state}")
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/HrynCo.DAL.EF/HrynCo.DAL.EF.csproj b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/HrynCo.DAL.EF.csproj
index 83eeae1..3624b64 100644
--- a/HrynCo.DAL.EF/HrynCo.DAL.EF.csproj
+++ b/HrynCo.DAL.EF/HrynCo.DAL.EF.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="HrynCo.Common" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>