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MySQL QUARTER() Function

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MySQL QUARTER() Function

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Example

Return the quarter of the year for the date:

SELECT QUARTER("2017-06-15");

Definition and Usage

The QUARTER() function returns the quarter of the year for a given date value (a number from 1 to 4).

January-March returns 1

April-June returns 2

July-Sep returns 3

Oct-Dec returns 4

Syntax

Quarter(

date )

Parameter Values

Parameter

Description date

Required. The date or datetime to extract the quarter from

Technical Details

Works in:

From MySQL 4.0

More Examples

Example

Return the quarter of the year for the date: SELECT QUARTER("2017-01-01 09:34:21");

Example

Return the quarter of the year for the date:

SELECT QUARTER(CURDATE());

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