The DateTime picker is an optional field on my form and
it should not contain a default value. Is there a way to
do this? I tried setting the Text property to "", but
that does not work.

Thanks in advance,
George

To my knowleder, there is no way to show a DateTimePicker control with no date in it; however, there is a property (ShowCheckBox) which you can set to True. When true, a small checkbox shows on the left side of the date area. This check box can be "unchecked" programatically to set the "No value" for the control. Note that some date will still appear in the control but it will be grayed out to indicate no value