getHours

Summary

Gets the hours in a date, using local time.

Syntax

dateObj.getHours()

Return Value

An integer between 0 and 23, indicating the number of hours since midnight. Zero is returned if the time is before 1:00:00 am. If a Date object was created without specifying the time, by default the hour is 0.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the getHours method.

var date = new Date("1/1/2001");
 document.write(date.getHours());
 document.write("<br/>");

 date.setTime(50000000);
 document.write(date.getHours());

 // Output:
 // 0
 // 5

Remarks

The required dateObj reference is a Date object. To get the hours value using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the getUTCHours method.

See also

Other articles

• getUTCHours Method (Date)
• setHours Method (Date)
• setUTCHours Method (Date)

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article