System.DateTime? vs System.DateTime

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1729553/system-datetime-vs-system-datetime

? means that the type is nullable. For details, see e.g. MSDN

Nullable is a compiler-supported wrapper around value types that allows value types to become null.

To access the DateTime value, you need to do the following:

DateTime? dateOrNull = myCalendarExtender.SelectedDate;
if (dateOrNull != null)
{
    DateTime newSelectedDate = dateOrNull.Value;
}