An hour (symbol: h) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 124 of a day and

scientifically reckoned as 3,5993,601 seconds, depending on conditions.

The seasonal, temporal, or unequal hour was established in the ancient Near East as 112 of
the night or daytime. Such hours varied by season, latitude, and weather. It was
subsequently divided into 60 minutes, each of 60 seconds. Its East Asian equivalent was the
shi, which was 112 of the apparent solar day; a similar system was eventually developed in
Europe which measured its equal or equinoctial hour as 124 of such days measured from
noon to noon. The minor variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it 124 of
the mean solar day, based on the measure of the sun's transit along the celestial equator
rather than along the ecliptic. This was finally abandoned due to the minor slowing caused by
the Earth's tidal deceleration by the Moon.