How to set the default value of DateTime to empty string?

Question

I have a property called Raised_Time, this property shows the time at which alarm is raised in datagrid Cell. I don't want to show anything in the datagrid cell when user creates any alarm, it just display the empty cell.

I googled in the internet and found that the default value of DateTime can be set using DateTime.MinValue and this will display MinValue of datetime i:e "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM".

Instead I want that the datagrid cell remain blank until alarm is raised, it don't show any time.

I think datatrigger can be written in this case. I am not able to write the datatrigger for this scenario. Do I need a converter also that checks if DateTime is set to DateTime.MinValue the leave the datagrid cell blank??

Please help!!

Answer 1

How about just changing your property to link to a private field of DateTime e.g.:

public string Raised_Time
{
  get
  {
    if(fieldRaisedTime == DateTime.MinValue)
    {
      return string.Empty();
    }
    return DateTime.ToString();
  }
  set
  {
    fieldRaisedTime = DateTime.Parse(value,   System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
  }
}