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David 27 posts 127 karma points

Nov 18, 2019 @ 12:02

How to check if a DateTime datatype is present or not?

Hi all, I'm trying to write a condition where if a piece of content doesn't have a startDate, it will not display the date and only the title. However I can't seem how to figure out how to identify if a DateTime datatype is present or not. All the test examples I've used do not have startDate and are all showing as "01 January 0001"

Any ideas?

  @foreach (var item in trainingCourses)
        {
            if (item.IsNull(item.startDate))
                {
                <li>
                    <a href="@item.Url"><h3>@item.Name</h3></a>
                </li>    
                }                          
            else
                {
                <li>
                    <a href="@item.Url"><h3>@item.Name</h3>
                    <p>@(item.GetPropertyValue<DateTime>("startDate").ToString("dd MMMM yyyy"))</p></a>
                </li>
                }

        }

Thanks,

David

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Paul Griffiths 370 posts 1021 karma points

Nov 20, 2019 @ 13:24

Hi David,

Does the following work:

@foreach (var item in trainingCourses)
{
    if (item.GetPropertyValue<DateTime>("startDate") == null || item.GetPropertyValue<DateTime>("startDate") == DateTime.MinValue)
    {
        <li>
            <a href="@item.Url"><h3>@item.Name</h3></a>
        </li>
    }
    else
    {
        <li>
            <a href="@item.Url">
                <h3>@item.Name</h3>
                <p>@(item.GetPropertyValue<DateTime>("startDate").ToString("dd MMMM yyyy"))</p>
            </a>
        </li>
    }

}

Thanks

Paul

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David 27 posts 127 karma points

Nov 21, 2019 @ 09:40

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply. This looks to have done the trick :)

Thank you!

David

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Paul Griffiths 370 posts 1021 karma points

Nov 21, 2019 @ 09:59

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Hi David,

Great to hear that it helped :).

Thanks Paul

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