Error - SqlDateTime overflow. Must be between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM

I find using the following works quite well for SQL min/max dates after many DB related errors:

DateTime rngMin = (DateTime)System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlDateTime.MinValue;

DateTime rngMax = (DateTime)System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlDateTime.MaxValue;