Easy Way Determine Hourly Integer Value from Field DateTime Format

What is an easy way to determine Hourly Integer value from a field with
datetime format.
Below is what I created which is not that simple.
Thanks,
declare @.var2 varchar(24)
declare @.var3 varchar(24)
select @.var2 = convert(varchar(16), getdate(),8)
select @.var3 = substring(@.var2,1,2)
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> What is an easy way to determine Hourly Integer value from a field with
> datetime format.
> Below is what I created which is not that simple.
> Thanks,
> declare @.var2 varchar(24)
> declare @.var3 varchar(24)
> select @.var2 = convert(varchar(16), getdate(),8)
> select @.var3 = substring(@.var2,1,2)
>
select datepart (hh, getdate())
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select cast(convert(char(2),getdate(),114)as int)
"Joe K." <Joe K.@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is an easy way to determine Hourly Integer value from a field with
> datetime format.
> Below is what I created which is not that simple.
> Thanks,
> declare @.var2 varchar(24)
> declare @.var3 varchar(24)
> select @.var2 = convert(varchar(16), getdate(),8)
> select @.var3 = substring(@.var2,1,2)
>