Assigning null/Nullable to DateTime in Ternary Operation

Question

I have a statement like

DateTime ? dt = (string1 == string2) ? null; (DateTime)(txtbox.Text); 

which I cannot compile. Reason is : null cannot be assigned to DateTime.

So, I have to declare a Nullable<DateTime> nullable variable and replace null with nullable.

I do not want to use if-statement and I want to do this in one line.

Also, Can I use operator ?? here.

Answer 1

DateTime? dt = (string1 == string2) ? (DateTime?)null                                     : DateTime.Parse(txtbox.Text);