Dart DateTime hour
Syntax & Examples

Syntax of DateTime.hour

The syntax of DateTime.hour property is:

 int hour

This hour property of DateTime the hour of the day, expressed as in a 24-hour clock [0..23].

Return Type

DateTime.hour returns value of type int.


✐ Examples

1 Get current hour

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object now with the current date and time using DateTime.now().
  2. We then access the hour property of now to get the current hour of the day.
  3. We print the current hour to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime now = DateTime.now();
  int currentHour = now.hour;
  print('Current hour: $currentHour');
}

Output

Current hour: 21
(The output may change based on the current hour value)

2 Get hour of a specific date

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object date representing a specific date and time (2024-05-03 15:30 in this example).
  2. We access the hour property of date to get the hour of the day for that date.
  3. We print the hour of the day to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime date = DateTime(2024, 5, 3, 15, 30);
  int hourOfDay = date.hour;
  print('Hour of the day: $hourOfDay');
}

Output

Hour of the day: 15

3 Get hour at midnight

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object midnight representing midnight on a specific date (2024-05-03 in this example).
  2. We access the hour property of midnight to get the hour at midnight for that date.
  3. We print the midnight hour to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime midnight = DateTime(2024, 5, 3, 0, 0);
  int midnightHour = midnight.hour;
  print('Midnight hour: $midnightHour');
}

Output

Midnight hour: 0

Summary

In this Dart tutorial, we learned about hour property of DateTime: the syntax and few working examples with output and detailed explanation for each example.