How to parse Nullable from a SqlDataReader

Question

The DateTime.TryParse method takes a DateTime as an argument, not a DateTime? ?

Right now I have the following code:

if(!DateTime.TryParse(reader[\"P         


        

Answer 1

And here is @yzorg 's answer turned into a reusable extension method

public static class SqlDataReaderExtensions
{
    public static DateTime? GetNullableDateTime(this SqlDataReader reader, string fieldName)
    {
        int x = reader.GetOrdinal(fieldName);
        return reader.IsDBNull(x) ? (DateTime?) null : reader.GetDateTime(x);
    }
}