pydicom.config.datetime_conversion

pydicom.config.datetime_conversion = False

Set to True to convert the value(s) of elements with a VR of DA, DT and TM to datetime.date, datetime.datetime and datetime.time respectively. Note that when datetime conversion is enabled then range matching in C-GET/C-FIND/C-MOVE queries is not possible anymore. So if you need range matching we recommend to do the conversion manually.

Default False

References

• Range Matching