C# -Why does System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime return an expected value when the file is not found?

Question

Please, explain your thoughts.

1.  DateTime dt = System.IO.File.GetLastAccessTime(\"C:\\\\There_is_no_such_file.txt\");
2.  DateTime dt = System.IO.File.Get         


        

Answer 1

i believe its by design

12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D. (C.E.) is the minium date value, some people consider it as a no value, but that was after the nullable types