Comparing date from SQL Serv with System.Date.Now

[rodeomount]

I keep getting an error that states: "Operator '>' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'string'" when using the following. I'm trying to compare to see if the dtExpire date is greater than todays date. How can I do this in C#?

if(this.Fields["dtCertExpire"].Value.ToString() > System.DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString())

 

[ca8msm]

Why are you comparing strings and not dates?


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[tcstom]

if ((DateTime)this.Fields["dtCertExpire"].Value > System.DateTime.Now)...