Unable to convert MySQL date/time value to System.DateTime

Adding "convert zero datetime=True" to the connection string solved my problem.

<connectionStrings>   <add name="MyContext" connectionString="Datasource=localhost;Database=MyAppDb;Uid=root;Pwd=root;CHARSET=utf8;convert zero datetime=True" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>

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MySqlConnection connect = new MySqlConnection("server=localhost; database=luttop; user=root; password=1234; pooling = false; convert zero datetime=True");

Adding convert zero datetime=True to the connection string will automatically convert 0000-00-00 Date values to DateTime.MinValue().

that's SOLVED