HOUR Function

Returns the hour from a SAS time or datetime value.

Category:

Date and Time

Syntax

HOUR(time | datetime )

Required Arguments

time

is a numeric constant, variable, or expression that specifies a SAS time value.

datetime

is a numeric constant, variable, or expression that specifies 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.

Example

The following SAS statements produce these results.

SAS Statement	Result
now='1:30't; h=hour(now); put h;	1