hour function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns the hour component of a timestamp. This function is a synonym for extract(HOUR FROM expr).

Note

When extracting fields from a TIMESTAMP (TIMESTAMP_LTZ), the result is based on the session timezone.

Syntax

hour(expr)

Arguments

• expr: A TIMESTAMP expression.

Returns

An INTEGER.

Examples

> SELECT hour('2009-07-30 12:58:59');
 12

Related functions

• dayofmonth function
• dayofweek function
• dayofyear function
• day function
• minute function
• extract function