literalFormat

literalFormat(): String;

The literalFormat method of the TimeStamp primitive type returns a string representing the receiver in literal format.

The following example shows the use of the literalFormat method.

vars
    timeStamp : TimeStamp;
    date      : Date;
    time      : Time;
begin
    date.setDate(11, 5, 2013);
    time.setTime(16, 12, 23, 0);
    timeStamp.setDate(date);
    timeStamp.setTime(time);
    write timeStamp.literalFormat;   // Outputs 2013:05:11:16:12:23
    date.setDate(11, 5, 2013);
    time.setTime(16, 12, 23, 5);
    timeStamp.setDate(date);
    timeStamp.setTime(time);
    write timeStamp.literalFormat;   // Outputs 2013:05:11:16:12:23.005
end;