DateAndTime.Hour(DateTime) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

DateAndTime.vb

Returns an integer value from 0 through 23 representing the hour of the day.

public:
 static int Hour(DateTime TimeValue);

public static int Hour (DateTime TimeValue);

static member Hour : DateTime -> int

Public Function Hour (TimeValue As DateTime) As Integer

Parameters

TimeValue

DateTime

Required. A Date value from which you want to extract the hour.

Returns

Int32

An integer value from 0 through 23 representing the hour of the day.

Examples

This example uses the Hour function to obtain the hour from a specified time. In the development environment, the time literal is displayed in short time format using the locale settings of your code.

Dim someTime As Date
Dim someHour As Integer
someTime = #4:35:17 PM#
someHour = Hour(someTime)
' someHour now contains 16.

Remarks

You can also obtain the hour of the day by calling DatePart and specifying DateInterval.Hour for the Interval argument.

See also

• Day(DateTime)
• Minute(DateTime)
• Now
• Second(DateTime)
• TimeOfDay
• DatePart
• System
• DateTime
• ArgumentException
• ArgumentOutOfRangeException