checking a Date type has a value

[rotsey]

HI,

HOw do you check if a date type has a value??

Because it seems to have tostring value of
"1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM".

Is that what you check for?? Seems odd

rotsey

 

[ca8msm]

That is the default value that is assigned to a date variable so it will equal the string "1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM" if it hasn't been changed.

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[rotsey]

ok thanks

if you don't use tostring the value is

#12:00:00 am#

rotsey

 

[chiph]

Or use the static/shared constant that's provided by the DateTime structure: MinValue. This corresponds to 1/1/0001, but is part of the framework, so your program isn't cluttered with constants that you (might) have mistyped.

Chip H.


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[rotsey]

good tip thanks