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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Hour Function [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156042" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030201.xhp" name="Hour Function [Runtime]">Hour Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149346" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147264" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Hour (Number)</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145069" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149670" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Integer</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154366" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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" l10n="U">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" l10n="CHG">Print Hour(TimeSerial(12,30,41))</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155132" role="paragraph" l10n="U">returns the value 12.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147348" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146985" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Sub ExampleHour</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156441" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Print "The current hour is " &amp; Hour( Now )</paragraph>
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