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HOUR function [Date and time]

Returns the hour component of a datetime.

HOUR( datetime-expression )

datetime-expression    The datetime.

The value returned is a number from 0 to 23 corresponding to the datetime hour.

• SQL/2003    Vendor extension.

The following statement returns the value 21:

SELECT HOUR( '1998-07-09 21:12:13' );