HOUR

HOUR

Returns the hour from a SAS time or datetime value

Category: Date and Time

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

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

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

Functions:

MINUTE

SECOND

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