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Returns a number indicating the quarter of the year from the supplied date expression.
QUARTER( date-expression )
date- expression The date.
The quarters are as follows:
| Quarter | Period (inclusive) |
|---|---|
| 1 | January 1 to March 31 |
| 2 | April 1 to June 30 |
| 3 | July 1 to September 30 |
| 4 | October 1 to December 31 |
SQL/92 Vendor extension.
SQL/99 Vendor extension.
Sybase Not supported by Adaptive Server Enterprise.
The following statement returns the value 2.
SELECT QUARTER ( '1987/05/02' )