Returns the hour of a time value. The hour is given as an integer, ranging from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23 (11:00 P.M.).
Syntax
HOUR(serial_number)
Serial_number is the time that contains the hour you want to find. Times may be entered as text strings within quotation marks (for example, "6:45 PM"), as decimal numbers (for example, 0.78125, which represents 6:45 PM), or as results of other formulas or functions (for example, TIMEVALUE("6:45 PM")).
Remark
Time values are a portion of a date value and represented by a decimal number (for example, 12:00 PM is represented as 0.5 because it is half of a day).
Example
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Time | |
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3:30:30 AM | |
3:30:30 PM | |
15:30 | |
Formula | Description (Result) |
=HOUR(A2) | Hour of first time (3) |
=HOUR(A3) | Hour of second time (15) |
=HOUR(A4) | Hour of third time (15) |