Difference between System.DateTime? and System.DateTime

Epicor ERP 10
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I’m getting the following error in a data directive.

Cannot implicitly convert type ‘System.DateTime?’ to ‘System.DateTime’

What’s the diff between System.DateTime? and System.DateTime
(besides one has a question mark…)

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A DateTime? is a nullable DateTime ( basically the equivalent of a DateTime object that allows null values)

Pierre

3

Epicor uses DateTime? it allows for a Date Field to be null instead of a 10/10/1979 or w/e.

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How can I cast or convert so the following code compiles

DateTime f = ttSysAgentSched_xRow.NextRunOn;

Basically I need a copy of the NextrunOn DateTime

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Add Question Mark

DateTime? f = ttSysAgentSched_xRow.NextRunOn;
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If you must have a DateTime of some kind, you need a default to fall back on:

DateTime f = ttSysAgentSched_xRow.NextRunOn ?? somedefaultDateTime;
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I should have been more clear … How can I cast a DateTime? to a DateTime

I need to do some other time related functions that require a DateTime and not a DateTime? .

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What dhewi said :slight_smile: it should compile fine.

or use the Helper that MS has GetValueOrDefault

DateTime updatedTime = ttSysAgentSched_xRow.NextRunOn.GetValueOrDefault(DateTime.Now);