Actually, it is possible, the trick is to add your milliseconds time to a zero-milliseconds Date() object using syntax similar to:
dt : {$add: [new Date(0), "$time"]}
I modified your aggregation from above to produce the result:
db.events.aggregate(
{
$project : {
_id : "$_id",
dt : {$add: [new Date(0), "$time"]}
}
},
{
$project : {
_id : "$_id",
date : {
hour : {$hour : "$dt"}
}
}
}
);
The result is (with one entry of your sample data):
{
"result": [
{
"_id": ObjectId("532828ac338ed9c33aa8eca7"),
"date": {
"hour": 11
}
}
],
"ok": 1
}