need to assign null

[Guest]

hey all,
i have a String that i need to DateTime.Parse() and if a FormatException
occurs I need to assign a null to my DateTime variable. The only way i know
to do this is DateTime.MinValue or .MaxValue.

Does this still stand? And are there any caveats doing it this way?

thanks,
rodchar

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello rodchar,

It's ok to use MinValue as the value by default.

PS: You can use DateTime.TryParse

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r> hey all,
r> i have a String that i need to DateTime.Parse() and if a
r> FormatException
r> occurs I need to assign a null to my DateTime variable. The only way
r> i know
r> to do this is DateTime.MinValue or .MaxValue.
r> Does this still stand? And are there any caveats doing it this way?
r>
r> thanks,
r> rodchar

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

 

[Mark Rae]

It's ok to use MinValue as the value by default.

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