VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

Hour Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

Synopsis

Hour(timevalue)

timevalue required; Date

Date variable or literal date whose hour component is to be extracted

Return Value

An Integer from 0 to 23, specifying the hour of the day

Description

Extracts the hour element from a time expression. Regardless of the time format passed to Hour, the return value will be a whole number between 0 and 23, representing the hour of a 24-hour clock. If time contains Nothing, 0 is returned, so be careful here to check for Nothing.