Hello,
Well, with the help of our support desk I was able to get this litte issue resolved. Turns out it was one of the 'self inflicted' issues... Here's a snippet of code that worked on a new test page.
Once I saw the code work correctly I triple checked my Page_Load event and found that I was NOT checking for a null value before setting the new date/time.
So, I'm sorry to bother everyone with this and I do very much appreciate the help and support I get from our Telerik Forums!
I'll call this 'case closed' and lesson learned!
~ Dave