$hour

Returns the current hour in 24-hour format.

This property belongs to the Time-Related System Properties group.

Name:

$hour

Category:

Time-Related System Properties

Type:

integer

Description

The current hour in military (24 hour) time (2-digit).

Usage

template(name="example" type="list") {
    property(name="$hour")
}

See also

See rsyslog Properties for the category overview.

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