Determine the Quarter in which the Specific Date lies in R Programming - quarters() Function

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025

quarters() function in R Language is used to determine the quarter in which a specific date passed to it as argument lies.

Syntax: quarters(date) Parameters: date: Date to be checked

Example 1:

Python3 1==

# R program to find the quarter 
# of a specific date

# Specifying the date
date <- as.POSIXlt("2020-06-23")
date

# Calling quarters() function
quarters(date)

Output:

[1] "2020-06-23 UTC"
[1] "Q2"

Example 2:

Python3 1==

# R program to find the quarter 
# of a specific date

# Specifying the date
date <- as.POSIXlt("1994-01-17")
date

# Calling quarters() function
quarters(date)

Output:

[1] "1994-01-17 UTC"
[1] "Q1"

R Programming Language - Introduction

nidhi_biet

Improve

Article Tags :

Determine the Quarter in which the Specific Date lies in R Programming - quarters() Function

Similar Reads

Introduction

Fundamentals of R

Variables

Input/Output

Control Flow

Functions

Data Structures

Object Oriented Programming

Error Handling

Thank You!

What kind of Experience do you want to share?