hour - Pine Script Variable

hour

Overview

Current bar hour in exchange timezone.

Type

int

Qualifier

series

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

//@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

• time
• year
• month
• weekofyear
• dayofmonth
• dayofweek
• minute
• second