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need to assign null

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
May 23 '07 #1
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Hello rodchar,

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

PS: You can use DateTime.TryParse

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rhey all,
ri have a String that i need to DateTime.Parse() and if a
rFormatException
roccurs I need to assign a null to my DateTime variable. The only way
ri know
rto do this is DateTime.MinValue or .MaxValue.
rDoes this still stand? And are there any caveats doing it this way?
r>
rthanks,
rrodchar
May 23 '07 #2
Thank you.

"Michael Nemtsev" wrote:
Hello rodchar,

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

PS: You can use DateTime.TryParse

---
WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
My blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
Team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

rhey all,
ri have a String that i need to DateTime.Parse() and if a
rFormatException
roccurs I need to assign a null to my DateTime variable. The only way
ri know
rto do this is DateTime.MinValue or .MaxValue.
rDoes this still stand? And are there any caveats doing it this way?
r>
rthanks,
rrodchar
May 24 '07 #3
"Michael Nemtsev" <ne*****@msn.comwrote in message
news:a2***************************@msnews.microsof t.com...
It's ok to use MinValue as the value by default.
See the rest of the thread...

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