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Time of Day

Runs on: Frontend (Chatbox) — only available in the Chatbox Flow Editor; runs inside the OBS browser source.

The Time of Day node outputs the current hour of the day as a number between 0 and 23, sampled at the moment each chat message is processed. It has no inputs — it simply reads the browser's local clock and sends the current hour downstream.

Connect the hour output to a Math check node to route messages to different variants based on the time of the stream. This lets you set a late-night mode, a morning greeting style, or any other time-sensitive layout without any backend involvement.

Note: the hour reflects the local time of the viewer's machine running OBS, not a server time zone. This is typically the streamer's own machine.

Outputs​

NameTypeDescription
hournumberThe current hour (0–23) in the local time of the machine running the OBS browser source.

Example​

Connect hour to a Math check set to "greater than or equal to 22". Route Pass (10 PM and later) to a "late night" variant with a darker background and softer colors. Route Fail to the daytime layout.