HOUR Function

HOUR Function

Returns the hour from a SAS time or datetime value

Category: Date and Time

Syntax

HOUR (< time datetime >)

Arguments

time

• specifies a SAS expression that represents a SAS time value.

datetime

• specifies a SAS expression that represents a SAS datetime value.

Details

The HOUR function returns a numeric value that represents the hour from a SAS time or datetime value. Numeric values can range from 0 through 23. HOUR always returns a positive number.

Examples

The following SAS statements produce these results:

SAS Statements	Results
now='1:30't; h=hour(now); put h;	1

See Also

Functions:

• 'MINUTE Function' on page 647

• 'SECOND Function' on page 819