new DateTime vs default DateTime

Question

Is there a reason to choose one of these over the other   DateTime myDate   new DateTime      or  DateTime myDate   default DateTime     Both of them are equal 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM

User · Answer

The simpliest way to understand it is that DateTime is a struct. When you initialize a struct it's initialize to it's minimum value : DateTime.Min

Therefore there is no difference between default(DateTime) and new DateTime() and DateTime.Min

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If you want to use default value for a DateTime parameter in a method  you can only use default DateTime    The following line will not compile       private void MyMethod DateTime syncedTime   DateTime MinValue    This line will compile       private void MyMethod DateTime syncedTime   default DateTime

User · Answer

No  they are identical   default    for any value type  DateTime is a value type  will always call the parameterless constructor

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The answer is no   Keep in mind that in both cases  mdDate Kind   DateTimeKind Unspecified   Therefore it may be better to do the following   DateTime myDate   new DateTime 1  1  1  0  0  0  DateTimeKind Utc     The myDate Kind property is readonly  so it cannot be changed after the constructor is called

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