Automapper map to nullable DateTime property

Question

using Automapper 3.1.1 I can not compile this map:

Mapper.CreateMap<Domain.DomainObjects.Entities.Patient, PatientDto>()
                .ForMember(x => x.Deleted, opt => opt.MapFrom(input => input.Deleted.HasValue ? 
                    new DateTime(input.Deleted.Value.Ticks, DateTimeKind.Utc) : null ));

Error:

Type of conditional expression cannot be determined because there is no implicit conversion between '<null>' and 'DateTime'

Entity:

public class Patient : Entity
{
        // more properties
        public virtual DateTime? Deleted { get; set; }
}

Feel like I am missing something obvious but can not figure out what exactly.

note: Dto contains DateTime? Deleted too

Answer 1

I haven't tested, but you should just need to explicitly cast null to a DateTime?. ((DateTime?)null)

Mapper.CreateMap<Domain.DomainObjects.Entities.Patient, PatientDto>()
                .ForMember(x => x.Deleted, opt => opt.MapFrom(input => input.Deleted == null ? (DateTime?)null : (
                new DateTime(input.Deleted.Value.Ticks, DateTimeKind.Utc))));

Answer 2

Just cast the new DateTime to DateTime?:

Mapper.CreateMap<Domain.DomainObjects.Entities.Patient, PatientDto>()
            .ForMember(x => x.Deleted, opt => opt.MapFrom(input => input.Deleted.HasValue ? 
                (DateTime?) new DateTime(input.Deleted.Value.Ticks, DateTimeKind.Utc) : null ));