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Description:

Returns the time value in specified format. Note that when using single character format description, then the time value will be returned in byte-format.

Parameters:
TimeVal	The time value that will be converted into string format
Format	The format that will be used when converting time value.
modeBCD	Determines what kind of method will be used when time value is converted to byte-value. Note the example below for the difference.

global
procedure OnApplicationStartup() 
begin
 time t;

  t = "11:12:13";
  // returns 111213
  stopalert(TimeToString(t,"HHMMSS",false));
  // returns 0x0B 0x0C 0x0D (byte format)
  stopalert(TimeToString(t,"HMS",false));
  // returns 0x11 0x12 0x13 (BCD format)
  stopalert(TimeToString(t,"HMS",true));

  return;
end;

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