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datetime fields and properties

sreekanth v

15y2.9k.NET

DateTime _hiredate;
        public DateTime? hiredate
        {
            get
            {
                return _hiredate;
            }
            set
            {
                _hiredate = value;
            }
        }

Error 1 Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.DateTime?' to 'System.DateTime'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?) E:\aspnet\comp\Business Object\company.cs 64 29 Business Object

i am getting conversion problem please help me

thanq.

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Guest User15y ago
Do you expect to set hiredate to null?

If not, remove the ? from the property declaration.
If so, then the instance variable needs to be defined as DateTime?.

"DateTime?" is a nullable type, "DateTime" is not, that's the reason for the cast error. More info here.
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