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Value Representation "Date Time"
The Date Time common data type. Indicates a
concatenated date-time ASCII string in the format:
CCYYMMDDHHMMSS.FFFFFF&ZZZZ The components of this string,
from left to right, are CC = Century, YY = Year, MM = Month, DD =
Day, HH = Hour, MM = Minute, SS = Second, FFFFFF = Fractional
Second, & = "+" or "-", and ZZZZ = Hours
and Minutes of offset. &ZZZZ is an optional suffix for
plus/minus offset from Coordinated Universal Time. A component
that is omitted from the string is termed a null component.
Trailing null components of Date Time are ignored. Non-trailing
null components are prohibited, given that the optional suffix is
not considered as a component.
Note:
For reasons of backward
compatibility with versions of this standard prior to V3.0, many
existing DICOM Data Elements use the separate DA and TM VRs.
Standard and Private Data Elements defined in the future should
use DT, when appropriate, to be more compliant with ANSI HISPP
MSDS.
Character Set: "0"-"9", "+",
"-", "." of Default Character Repertoire
Size Restriction(s): 26 bytes maximum
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Parts of this document are taken (with permission) from Herman Oosterwijk's "DICOM Expert" Cheat Sheet © Copyright OTech, Inc. P.O. Box 260637 Plano, Texas 75026 herman@otechimg.com |