If string is empty, then assign null

Question

Please correct my code:

j.PrDateTime = string.Empty(t.PrDT)
    ? "NULL"
    : DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(t.PrDT, "s", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

PrDateTime is nullable in db, t.PrDT is a string which might be empty.

@Love Yes. One is a null reference and the other is a string literal. — Yuck
– Yuck, Commented Dec 13, 2012 at 20:30

Yuck · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-13 20:30:54Z

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I believe you want:

j.PrDateTime = string.IsNullOrEmpty(t.PrDT)
    ? (DateTimeOffset?)null
    : DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(t.PrDT, "s", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Yuck

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answered Dec 13, 2012 at 20:27

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