cf.hour

cf.hour(value)

Return a comparison object for the hour of the day of a datetime variable.

In this context, a datetime variable is any object which has a hour attribute.

If value is a cf.Comparison object then cf.hour(value) is equivalent to value.addattr('hour'). Otherwise cf.hour(value) is equivalent to cf.eq(value, attr='hour').

Parameters :

value :

Either the value that the hour is to be compared with, or a cf.Comparison object for testing the hour.

Returns :

out : cf.Comparison

The comparison object.

See also

year, month, day, minute, second, dteq, dtge, dtgt, dtne, dtle, dtlt

Examples

>>> d = cf.dt(2002, 6, 16, 18)
>>> d == cf.hour(18)
True
>>> d == cf.hour(cf.le(19))
True
>>> d == cf.hour(7)
False
>>> d == cf.hour(cf.wi(6, 23))
True