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> Extract hour as hours from 1970-01-01 00:00:00 according to Iceberg partition transforms

# ICEBERG_HOUR

Extracts the hour from a date or timestamp value and returns it as the number of hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, according to the [Iceberg partition transforms specification](https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/#partition-transforms).

## Syntax

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"css-variables","dark":"css-variables"}}
ICEBERG_HOUR(<value>)
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Description                                           | Supported input types              |
| :-------- | :---------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------- |
| `<value>` | The date or timestamp value to extract the hour from. | `DATE`, `TIMESTAMP`, `TIMESTAMPTZ` |

## Return type

`INTEGER`

Returns the number of hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. For timestamps before this epoch, returns a negative value.

## Remarks

The `ICEBERG_HOUR` function can be used in the `PARTITION BY` clause of [`CREATE ICEBERG TABLE`](/reference-sql/commands/data-definition/create-iceberg-table-as-select) commands.

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"css-variables","dark":"css-variables"}}
CREATE ICEBERG TABLE events
  PARTITION BY (iceberg_hour(event_timestamp))
  AS SELECT * FROM source_events
WITH LOCATION = my_iceberg_location;
```

## Example

<div className="query-window">
  ```
  SELECT iceberg_hour('2025-12-15 14:30:00'::TIMESTAMP) AS hour_partition;
  ```

  | hour\_partition <span>int</span> |
  | :------------------------------- |
  | 490502                           |

  <p><span>Rows: 1</span><span>Execution time: 5.37ms</span></p>
</div>