title: DateTime shows the date as 01/01/0001
body: <p>Sorry if this seems as a stupid question, but I cannot find an answer anywhere and I am a bit of a newbie. DateTime shows to be what I surmised as the Min Date. For instance:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DateTime updatedDate = new DateTime();
  outItem.AddDate = updatedDate.ToLongDateString();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The output comes out to January 01, 0001. I've tried many variations of this with similar results. What am I doing wrong?  </p>