title: How is Azure database hour calculated?
body: <p>I have a "STANDARD S0 DATABASE DAYS - SQL DATABASE" instance under a Pay-As-You-Go subscription. I noticed the database instance is billed by days regardless of if my web site uses it. I can tell my web site didn't use the database for the past few days by log files but the total database day is increasing. When I was selecting the database plan, the database rates are listed in a hour rate and that gave me an impression that the database usage is measured by hours. Am I missing anything obvious here?</p>