From 74fc3ccf9b0096481928ab76f531f541a0bdd76a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hristo Popov <HPopov@infragistics.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:20:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevenitng redundant method calls on value property when
 initialized with an empty string(master) (#3042)

* fix(date-picker): Prevenitng redundant method calls on value. #3021

* fix(date-picker): Changing the check for value property on selection. #3021
---
 .../src/lib/date-picker/date-picker.component.ts                | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-picker/date-picker.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-picker/date-picker.component.ts
index 7e0182bdf3b..d2b8770aab9 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-picker/date-picker.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/date-picker/date-picker.component.ts
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ export class IgxDatePickerComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, EditorProvi
      * @hidden
      */
     public handleSelection(date: Date) {
-        if (this.value !== null && this.value !== undefined) {
+        if (this.value) {
             date.setHours(this.value.getHours());
             date.setMinutes(this.value.getMinutes());
             date.setSeconds(this.value.getSeconds());