Passed null date coming across as #12:00:00 AM#

[Ronald S. Cook]

When I pass a null date from my client to my service project, it comes
across as #12:00:00 AM#. While I can easily code for this, it seems like a
hack. Is this normal?

I'm using WCF, by the way.

Thanks,
Ron

 

[marss]

When I pass a null date from my client to my service project, it comes
across as #12:00:00 AM#. While I can easily code for this, it seems like a
hack. Is this normal?

I'm using WCF, by the way.

Thanks,
Ron

DateTime is a structure so it is impossible to assign null for it. In
order to specify the null date it is often assigned to
DateTime.MinValue. Maybe this has happened in your case.

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

DateTime is a structure so it is impossible to assign null for it. In
order to specify the null date it is often assigned to
DateTime.MinValue. Maybe this has happened in your case.

An alternative, if it's supported by WCF, would be to use DateTime?
(i.e. Nullable<DateTime>).

Jon