HOUR Function

Returns the hour from a SAS time or datetime value.

Categories:	Date and Time
	CAS

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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 this result:

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

HOUR Function

Syntax

Required Arguments

time

datetime

Details

Example

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