How do I use DateTime.TryParse with a Nullable?

by

As Jason says, you can create a variable of the right type and pass that. You might want to encapsulate it in your own method:

public static DateTime? TryParse(string text)
{
    DateTime date;
    if (DateTime.TryParse(text, out date))
    {
        return date;
    }
    else
    {
        return null;
    }
}

… or if you like the conditional operator:

public static DateTime? TryParse(string text)
{
    DateTime date;
    return DateTime.TryParse(text, out date) ? date : (DateTime?) null;
}

Or in C# 7:

public static DateTime? TryParse(string text) =>
    DateTime.TryParse(text, out var date) ? date : (DateTime?) null;

More Related Contents:

  1. What does “DateTime?” mean in C#?
  2. How can I format a nullable DateTime with ToString()?
  3. How to get nullable DateTime out of the database
  4. how to increase time by 15 mins using c#
  5. Calculate relative time in C#
  6. C# DateTime to “YYYYMMDDHHMMSS” format
  7. Creating a DateTime in a specific Time Zone in c#
  8. How to truncate milliseconds off of a .NET DateTime
  9. Convert string to DateTime in c#
  10. How can I get the DateTime for the start of the week?
  11. How do I format a DateTime in a different format?
  12. calculating the difference in months between two dates
  13. How to get only time from date-time C# [closed]
  14. How to get client date and time in ASP.NET?
  15. Format a date in XML via XSLT
  16. How to parse a string into a nullable int
  17. How to convert DateTime to/from specific string format (both ways, e.g. given Format is “yyyyMMdd”)?
  18. How to change time in DateTime?
  19. Convert DateTime for MySQL using C#
  20. Convert DateTime to Julian Date in C# (ToOADate Safe?)
  21. Is there any difference between DateTime in c# and DateTime in SQL server?
  22. Difference between System.DateTime.Now and System.DateTime.Today
  23. Why GetType returns System.Int32 instead of Nullable? [duplicate]
  24. DateTime column type becomes String type after deserializing DataTable
  25. Convert String value format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS to C# DateTime
  26. Hour from DateTime? in 24 hours format
  27. Javascript serialization of DateTime in asp.net is not giving a javascript date object?
  28. How to check if a DateTime occurs today?
  29. DateTime.ParseExact() does not grok 24-hour time values?
  30. C#: DateTime.DayOfWeek to string comparison

Leave a Comment