Description

Gets the current hour of the day.

Returns

Ordinal value of the hour, in the range 0-23.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

Hour(date)

See also

DatePart, Minute, Second

Parameters

Usage

When passing a date/time value as a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.

Example

<!--- This example shows the use of Hour, Minute, and Second --->
<h3>Hour Example</h3>
<cfoutput>
The time is currently #TimeFormat(Now())#.
We are in hour #Hour(Now())#, Minute #Minute(Now())#
and Second #Second(Now())# of the day.
</cfoutput>