How can I compare a date in C# to "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM")

Question

You can use DateTime.MinValue, which has exactly the same value:

if (e.CreatedDate == DateTime.MinValue) 

To check if it equals the default, you can use the default keyword:

if (e.CreatedDate == default(DateTime))

"1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM" this is a string datatype. so convert it to DateTime.

if (e.CreatedDate == Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM"))
{
    //--- To Dos
}

But .NET Framework provide a default way to check this using

if (e.CreatedDate.Equals(DateTime.MinValue))

MSDN

use DateTime.MinValue

if (e.CreatedDate.Equals(DateTime.MinValue))

I assume e.CreateDate is of type DateTime.

Try it like:

if (e.CreatedDate == DateTime.Parse("1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM"))

If your aiming to compare if it's equal to the minimum date then just compare it to DateTime.MinValue. The above example is more generic.

You should use DateTime.Compare(DateTime, DateTime) function, which returns an integer. Eg.

if (DateTime.Compare(DateTime.MinValue, e.CreatedDate) == 0){
   ...
}

You can check the default value with DateTime.MinValue:

if (e.CreatedDate == DateTime.MinValue)