# Specialized Element Value Representation (`pydicom.valuerep`)

Representation of the value for data elements with VR of PN, DS, IS, DA, DT or TM and utilities.

`DA`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘DA’ as `datetime.date`.
`DS`(val) | Factory function for creating DS class instances.
`DSdecimal`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘DS’ as `decimal.Decimal`.
`DSfloat`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘DS’ as `float`.
`DT`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘DT’ as `datetime.datetime`.
`IS`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘IS’ as `int`.
`MultiString`(val[, valtype]) | Split a bytestring by delimiters if there are any
`PersonName`(val) | Human-friendly class to hold the value of elements with VR of ‘PN’.
`PersonName3`(val[, encodings, original_string]) |
`PersonNameBase`(val) | Base class for Person Name classes
`PersonNameUnicode`(val, encodings) | Unicode version of Person Name
`TM`(val) | Store value for an element with VR ‘TM’ as `datetime.time`.