Your question was interpreted by both responders to mean you wanted to know
the time right now. If you want to check the hour of a time in a cell you
have, substitute that cell for "Now()", as in:

=if(hour(a1)<17,"Before 5",hour(a1)-12)

Regards,
Fred.

"tomas" wrote in message
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If my date and time field is on column A, how do i edit your formula?

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

=IF(MOD(NOW(),1)<--"17:00","Before 5",HOUR(NOW()))

you need to press F9 to update the formula

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"tomas" wrote in message
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I need a formula that will tell me the time of the day. i have a field
with
the date and time (mm/dd/yy hh:mm PM). I need the formula to return
the
hour
of the day if the hour is after 5PM. For example, if it is 11/29/08
5:23
PM
i want it to return "5". If it is 11/27/08 6:46 PM, i want it to
return
"6".
For anything before 5PM, i want it to return "before 5".
Thanks.