EditorFor on nullable DateTime - “Nullable object must have a value.”

Question

I am attempting to display a form that allows a user to input a new assignment for a person. I\'m using a DateTime.cshtml EditorTemplate to handle DateTime values for the a

Answer 1

UPDATE: GetValueOrDefault treats it as a DateTime and therefore the required Field validators are getting attached, because the original expression is for a datetime not a nullable datetime.

Therefore the solution below doesn't work.

Like the asker, I also used the DateTimeModelBinder from here: Here's the Link

This is how I solved a similar situation:

@Html.EditorFor(x => x.NewAssignment.AssignmentEndDate.GetValueOrDefault().Date)

And this is what my DateTime EditorTemplate looks like:

@model DateTime

@Html.TextBox("", Model != default(DateTime) ? Model.ToShortDateString() : String.Empty, new { @class = "datepicker", @maxlength = "10" })