QUARTER( ) Function
Returns the quarter of the year in which a date or datetime expression occurs.
QUARTER(dExpression | tExpression [, nMonth])
Parameters
- dExpression
Specifies the Date expression for which you want QUARTER( ) to return a value. - tExpression
Specifies the DateTime expression for which you want QUARTER( ) to return a value. - nMonth
Specifies an optional starting month to the examined quarter. You can use this to specify quarters based on a fiscal rather than a calendar year.
Return Values
Numeric data type. QUARTER( ) returns the quarter of the year in which a date occurs, and the values can be 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Note QUARTER( ) returns 0 if passed an empty Date or DateTime value, for example,
QUARTER({//})
.
See Also
CMONTH( ) | DATE( ) | DATETIME( ) | DAY( ) | MONTH( ) | YEAR( )