pydicom.values.convert_TM_string¶

pydicom.values.convert_TM_string(byte_string: bytes, is_little_endian: bool, struct_format: Optional[str] = None) → Union[str, pydicom.valuerep.TM, Sequence[Union[str, pydicom.valuerep.TM]]][source]¶

Return a decoded ‘TM’ value.

Parameters

byte_string (bytes) – The encoded ‘TM’ element value.
is_little_endian (bool) – True if the value is encoded as little endian, False otherwise.
struct_format (str, optional) – Not used.

Returns

If datetime_conversion is True then returns either TM or a list of TM, otherwise returns str or list of str.

Return type

str or list of str or valuerep.TM or list of valuerep.TM