SQL/MX 2.x Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

SQL/MX Functions and Expressions
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QUARTER Function
QUARTER Function
The QUARTER function converts a DATE or TIMESTAMP expression into an
INTEGER value in the range 1 through 4 that represents the corresponding quarter of
the year. Quarter 1 represents January 1 through March 31, and so on.
QUARTER is an SQL/MX extension.
datetime-expression
is an expression that evaluates to a datetime value of type DATE or TIMESTAMP.
See Datetime Value Expressions on page 6-40.
Examples of QUARTER
•
Return an integer that represents the quarter of the year from the START_DATE
column in the PROJECT table:
SELECT start_date, ship_timestamp, QUARTER(start_date)
FROM persnl.project
WHERE projcode = 1000;
Start/Date Time/Shipped (EXPR)
---------- -------------------------- ------
1996-04-10 1996-04-21 08:15:00.000000 2
QUARTER (datetime-expression)