Name

quarter — get number of quarter of year from a datetime

Synopsis

quarter ( in dt datetime );

Description

quarter takes a datetime and returns an integer containing a number representing the quarter of year of the datetime.

Parameters

dt

A datetime .

Return Values

An INTEGER containing number of the quarter of year.

Examples

Example24.249.Simple example

Get current quarter of year.

SQL> select quarter (now ());
callret
INTEGER
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