No DateTime?.ToString(string) overload?

Question

I am aware of the standard procedure for displaying a DateTime in a custom format, like so:

MessageBox.Show(dateSent.ToString(\"dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:s

Answer 1

DateTime? is syntactic sugar for Nullable and that's why it don't have ToString(format) overload.

However, you can access underlying DateTime struct using Value property. But before that use HasValue to check, if the value exists.

MessageBox.Show(dateSent.HasValue ? dateSent.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss") : string.Empty)