The hour column contains a specific time entry for an item in HH:MM format. Our API fully supports the hour column, so you can filter, read, update, and clear it via the API.

Filtering the hour column

Using the items_page object, you can easily filter a board's items by specific columns or column values. The table below contains the hour column's supported operators and compare values.

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Pro tip

items_page is only available in API version 2023-10 for now.

The following example returns all items on the specified board with an hour column value in the afternoon.

query {
  boards (ids: 1234567890) {
    items_page (query_params: {rules: [{column_id: "hour", compare_value: ["Afternoon"], operator:any_of}]}) {
      items {
        id
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

Reading the hour column

You can query the hour column using the column_values object. The object has different fields based on which API version you are using. Column values v2 fields will be available in API versions 2023-10 and later, while column values v1 fields are only supported in versions 2023-07 and 2023-04.

Column values v2

The column_values object enables you to return column-specific subfields by sending a fragment in your query. Values for the hour column are of the HourValue type.

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Pro tip

column_values v2 fields are only available in API version 2023-10.

query {
  items (ids:[1234567890, 9876543210]) {
    column_values {
      ... on HourValue {
        minute
        hour
      }
    }
  }
}

Fields

Column values v1

You can return the data in an hour column in two different formats when you query by column values. The text field will return the time as a simple string. The value field will return metadata about the column as a JSON string.

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Removing column values v1 support

column_values v1 fields will no longer be supported in API versions 2023-10 and later.

{
  "text": "08:00 AM",
  "value": "{\"hour\":8,\"minute\":0,\"changed_at\":\"2022-07-21T12:00:00.000Z\"}"
}

Updating the hour column

You can update an hour column using the change_multiple_column_values mutation and passing a JSON string in the column_values argument. Simple string updates are not supported.

JSON

To update an hour column, send the hour and minute in 24-hour format. Make sure you remove any leading zeroes from the data you send (i.e., send the number 9 instead of 09). Check out this mutation in action in our Postman library or follow along with these code samples!

mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"hour\" : {\"hour\" : 16, \"minute\" : 42}}") {
    id
  }
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues: "{\"hour\" : {\"hour\" : 16, \"minute\": 42}}"
    })
  })
})

Clearing the hour column

You can also clear an hour column using the change_multiple_column_values mutation and passing null or an empty object in the column_values argument.

mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"hour\" : null}") {
    id
  }
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues: "{\"hour\" : null}"
    })
  })
})

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