Question

I would like to use the following in my linq query:

name_9 = data.Field<String>("Line Description") == "Care" ? "" : data.Field<DateTime>("End Date")

However, when I try to, I get the following error;

Error 1 Type of conditional expression cannot be determined because
there is no implicit conversion between ‘string’ and ‘System.DateTime’

Is there a way to overcome this?

Answer 1

The end-date is a datetime, not a string; a simple approach might be:

name_9 = data.Field<String>("Line Description") == "Care" ?
       "" : data.Field<DateTime>("End Date").ToString();