HOUR

Returns the hour component of a specified date field.

Sample Usage

HOUR(Hit Time)

Syntax

HOUR(X [,Input Format])

Parameters:

• X - a field or expression that evaluates to text, number, or date.
• Input Format - format for X. Optional if X is correctly configured as a semantic date field.

Input format

HOUR accepts the following input formats if X is a text field.

• Any valid strptime format is accepted.
• 'BASIC': %Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S
• 'DEFAULT_DASH': %Y-%m-%d [%H:%M:%S]
• 'DEFAULT_SLASH': %Y/%m/%d [%H:%M:%S]
• 'DEFAULT_DECIMAL': %Y%m%d [%H:%M:%S
• 'RFC_1123': for example, Sat, 24 May 2008 20:09:47 GMT
• 'RFC_3339': for example, 2008-05-24T20:09:47Z
• 'DECIMAL_DATE': same as 'DEFAULT_DECIMAL'

HOUR accepts the following input format if X is a numerical field.

• 'SECONDS': seconds since Epoch
• 'MILLIS': milliseconds since Epoch
• 'MICROS': microseconds since Epoch
• 'NANOS': nanoseconds since Epoch
• 'JULIAN_DATE': days since Epoch

Examples

Formula	Input	Output
HOUR(Hit time)	Jan 1, 2019	0
HOUR(Hit time, 'BASIC')	2019/01/01-09:40:45	9
HOUR(Hit time, 'SECONDS')	1561784874	5
HOUR(Hit time, 'MILLIS')	1562004058620	18

Related resources

• Calculated fields
• Data Studio function list