Returns a number indicating the quarter of the year from the supplied date expression.
QUARTER( date-expression )
With the DATE_ORDER option set to the default of ymd, the following statement returns the value 2:
SELECT QUARTER ( '1987/05/02' ) FROM iq_dummy
Table 5-17 lists the dates in the quarters of the year.
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  |