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Date & time functions

HOUR / MINUTE / SECOND¶

Extracts the corresponding time part from a time or timestamp value.

These functions are alternatives to using the DATE_PART (or EXTRACT) function with the equivalent time part (see Supported date and time parts).

See also:

YEAR* / DAY* / WEEK* / MONTH / QUARTER

Syntax¶

HOUR( <time_or_timestamp_expr> )

MINUTE( <time_or_timestamp_expr> )

SECOND( <time_or_timestamp_expr> )
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Arguments¶

time_or_timestamp_expr

An expression of type TIME or TIMESTAMP.

Returns¶

This function returns a value of type NUMBER.

Usage notes¶

Function name

Time part extracted from time or timestamp

Possible values

HOUR

Hour of the specified day

0 to 23

MINUTE

Minute of the specified hour

0 to 59

SECOND

Second of the specified minute

0 to 59

Examples¶

This example demonstrates the HOUR, MINUTE, and SECOND functions:

SELECT '2025-04-08T23:39:20.123-07:00'::TIMESTAMP AS tstamp,
       HOUR(tstamp) AS "HOUR",
       MINUTE(tstamp) AS "MINUTE",
       SECOND(tstamp) AS "SECOND";
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+-------------------------+------+--------+--------+
| TSTAMP                  | HOUR | MINUTE | SECOND |
|-------------------------+------+--------+--------|
| 2025-04-08 23:39:20.123 |   23 |     39 |     20 |
+-------------------------+------+--------+--------+

For more examples, see Working with date and time values.