public IList getOrganizationForAdvisor(int advID) { List <OrgForAdvisorList> orgs = new List <OrgForAdvisorList>(); var organization = dataContext.sp_GetOrgForAdvisor(advID); foreach (var x in organization) { OrgForAdvisorList org = new OrgForAdvisorList(); org.Name = x.OrganizationName; if (x.StartDate != null) { org.StartDate = Convert.ToDateTime(x.StartDate).ToShortDateString(); } else { org.StartDate = ""; } if (x.EndDate != null) { org.EndDate = Convert.ToDateTime(x.EndDate).ToShortDateString(); } else { org.EndDate = ""; } orgs.Add(org); } return(orgs); }