ASP.NET MVC. Non required fields are required in validations

Question

I do have a POCO Class with some non required fields:

class MyClass{

    [DataType(DataType.Time)]
    [Display(Name = "1st interval")]
    public TimeSpan t1{ get; set; }

    [DataType(DataType.Time)]
    [Display(Name = "2nd interval")]
    public TimeSpan t2 { get; set; }

    [DataType(DataType.Time)]
    [Display(Name = "3rd interval")]
    public TimeSpan t3 { get; set; }
}

but whenever I set the [Required] annotation or not. the validations fails. I always got the "2nd interval is required" message on my view.

I'm using only Server validation.

How can I solve it?

Make the properties nullable - `public TimeSpan? t2 { get; set; }` — , Sep 29 '16 at 03:19
There are 2 ways: using nullable properties or use `[Bind(Exclude)]`. Similar problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2142990/the-id-field-is-required-validation-message-on-create-id-not-set-to-required — Tetsuya Yamamoto, Sep 29 '16 at 03:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 30 '16 at 01:48

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The TimeSpan is not nullable by default

Use Nullable;

public Nullable<TimeSpan> t2 { get; set; }

or

public TimeSpan? t2 { get; set; }

edited Sep 30 '16 at 01:48

Daniel Santos

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answered Sep 29 '16 at 05:04

erdi yılmaz

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is it equivalent to public TimeSpan? t2 {get;set;} ? – Daniel Santos Sep 29 '16 at 21:15

ASP.NET MVC. Non required fields are required in validations

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