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Function [other Function type actions]
Item [operators of similar scope]
Date-time [other Date-time operators]
Date [about Date data type]
v5.7.0
Baseline
As at baseline
Yes
hour(theDate, hoursNum)
creates a new Date based on the aDate expression, but in which the hour is hoursNumDate is not changed unless theDate is an attribute and the attribute is re-setting itself:
$MyDateA = hour($MyDate,14); $MyDate is unaltered$MyDate = hour($MyDate,14); $MyDate is changedExamples. If $MyDate is July 4,2009 09:30, then
$MyDate=hour($MyDate,19); will change $MyDate to July 4, 2009 19:30.
The single-argument form that reads the hour value is documented separately: see hour(aDate).
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