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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156042" role="heading" level="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030201.xhp" name="Hour Function">Hour Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149346" role="paragraph">Returns the hour from a time value that is generated by the TimeSerial or the TimeValue function.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147574" role="heading" level="2">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147264" role="bascode">Hour (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145069" role="heading" level="2">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149670" role="paragraph">Integer</paragraph>
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<emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that contains the serial time value that is used to return the hour value.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154909" role="paragraph">This function is the opposite of the <emph>TimeSerial</emph> function. It returns an integer value that represents the hour from a time value that is generated by the <emph>TimeSerial</emph> or the <emph>TimeValue </emph>function. For example, the expression</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3163798" role="paragraph">Print Hour(TimeSerial(12,30,41))</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155132" role="paragraph">returns the value 12.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147348" role="heading" level="2">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146985" role="bascode">Sub ExampleHour</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156441" role="bascode">Print "The current hour is " & Hour( Now )</paragraph>
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