Object.GetType() is never System.DateTime?

Question

Code line below prints System.Datetime

log.InfoFormat("{0}", row[2].GetType());

But row[2].GetType() is never equals to System.DateTime in condition below.

f.TestDate = (row[2].GetType() is System.DateTime) ? f.TestDate = (System.DateTime)row[2] : f.TestDate = DateTime.MinValue;

Why?

Answer 1

row[2].GetType() is System.DateTime

does not check whether row[2] is of the type System.DateTime but whether the Type instance returned by GetType() is (which it obviously isn't)

Just use

row[2] is System.DateTime

Answer 2

You should use:

row[2].GetType() == typeof(DateTime)

or

row[2] is DateTime