Why can't I check if a 'DateTime' is 'Nothing'?

Question

In VB.NET, is there a way to set a DateTime variable to \"not set\"? And why is it possible to set a DateTime to Nothing, but not<

Answer 1

You can check this like below :

if varDate = "#01/01/0001#" then
       '  blank date. do something.
else
       ' Date is not blank. Do some other thing
end if