Starting Value of Date data-type?

What is the starting value of a variable that is of date data type?

With VB6 you could use 0 which was basically setting it to no value, what is the .NET equal. I got some kind of 'could not convert date to integer' when I tried to use MinValue. Any suggestions?

Nevermind my error was from something else, and you can use either DateTime.MinValue or #1/1/1# just in case anyone else needs to know.