internal MySqlDateTime(DateTime val, MySqlDbType type) : this(type)
{
            if (val == DateTime.MinValue) // this entire conditional and branch were added
            {
                year = 0;
                month = 0;
                day = 0;
                hour = 0;
                minute = 0;
                second = 0;
            }
            else
            { // everything inside this branch constituted the original code.
                year = val.Year;
                month = val.Month;
                day = val.Day;
                hour = val.Hour;
                minute = val.Minute;
                second = val.Second;
            }
        }


/// <summary>Returns this value as a DateTime</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>For invalid dates, this value represents a DateTime that would be equivalent to <b>DateTime.MinValue</b>.</para>
/// </remarks>
public DateTime GetDateTime()
{
            if (!IsValidDateTime)
                // exception thrown is commented out.  instead, return DateTime.MinValue.
                //throw new MySqlConversionException("Unable to convert MySQL date/time value to System.DateTime");
                return DateTime.MinValue;

            return new DateTime( year, month, day, hour, minute, second );
}

//non capisco lo scopo  della condizione originale >> !dt.IsValidDateTime && connection.Settings.ConvertZeroDateTime
 if (!dt.IsValidDateTime)
                    return DBNull.Value;//DateTime.MinValue;
                else if (connection.Settings.AllowZeroDateTime)
                    return val;
                else
                    return dt.GetDateTime();
      }

      return val.ValueAsObject;
    }