title: DateTime.Parse takes min date value if null
body: <p>I have an asp.net application in which I have a textbox to enter datetime value and it is saved in the database.</p>
  
  <p>Now when I am trying to retrieve the date, it shows 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM if the date is null.</p>
  
  <pre><code>this.FirstReceivedDate = DateTime.Parse(dr["FirstReceivedDate"].ToString());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Apologies, requirement changed. Now I want to show blank ('') if FirstReceivedDate is null.</p>
  
  <p>How can I do that?</p>