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hour - Pine Script Variable

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Current bar hour in exchange timezone.

Type

Section titled “Type”
int

Qualifier

Section titled “Qualifier”

series

Remarks

Section titled “Remarks”
  • Returns the hour based on the bar’s opening time in the exchange timezone.
  • Combine with minute and second when building session filters or time gates.

Example

Section titled “Example”
//@version=6
indicator("Opening hour highlight", overlay=true)


openHour = input.int(9, "Open hour")


isOpenHour = hour == openHour
bgcolor(isOpenHour ? color.new(color.green, 90) : na)

See Also

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