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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">HOUR </title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154725"><bookmark_value>HOUR function</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_STUNDE" id="bm_id3152469" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154725" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="96"><variable id="hour"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_hour.xhp">HOUR</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149747" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="97"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_STUNDE">Returns the hour for a given time value.</ahelp> The hour is returned as an integer between 0 and 23.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149338" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="98">Syntax</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150637" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="99">HOUR(Number)</paragraph>
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<emph>Number</emph>, as a time value, is a decimal, for which the hour is to be returned.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153264" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="101">Examples</paragraph>
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<item type="input">=HOUR(NOW())</item> returns the current hour</paragraph>
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<item type="input">=HOUR(C4)</item> returns 17 if the contents of C4 = <item type="input">17:20:00</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154188" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="105"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="YEAR">YEAR</link>, <link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="NOW">NOW</link>, <link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="MINUTE">MINUTE</link>, <link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="MONTH">MONTH</link>, <link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="DAY">DAY</link>, <link href="text/scalc/01/04060102.xhp" name="WEEKDAY">WEEKDAY</link>.</paragraph>
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