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

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Ronald S. Cook - 30 Aug 2007 02:48 GMT

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

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marss - 30 Aug 2007 10:30 GMT

> 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
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> 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

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 30 Aug 2007 10:32 GMT

> 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

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