TO_START_OF_QUARTER

Rounds down a date or date with time (timestamp/datetime) to the first day of the quarter. The first day of the quarter is either 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, or 1 October. Returns the date.

Analyze Syntax

func.to_start_of_quarter(<expr>)

Analyze Examples

func.to_start_of_quarter('2023-11-12 09:38:18.165575')

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ func.to_start_of_quarter('2023-11-12 09:38:18.165575')         │
│                          Date                                  │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2023-10-01                                                     │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

SQL Syntax

TO_START_OF_QUARTER(<expr>)

Arguments

ArgumentsDescription
<expr>date/timestamp

Return Type

DATE, returns date in “YYYY-MM-DD” format.

SQL Examples

SELECT
  to_start_of_quarter('2023-11-12 09:38:18.165575')

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ to_start_of_quarter('2023-11-12 09:38:18.165575') │
│                        Date                       │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2023-10-01                                        │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Last modified June 12, 2024 at 9:53 PM EST: updating datetime functions (f087f54)