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Alexander Pivovarov commented on HIVE-3404:
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The following expression can be used to get quarter
{code}
select cast((month('2015-12-30') + 2) / 3 as int);
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{code}
> UDF to obtain the quarter of an year if a date or timestamp is given .
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> Key: HIVE-3404
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3404
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: UDF
> Reporter: Sanam Naz
> Attachments: HIVE-3404.1.patch.txt
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> Hive current releases lacks a function which returns the quarter of an year
> if a date or timestamp is given .The function QUARTER(date) would return the
> quarter from a date / timestamp .This can be used in HiveQL.This will be
> useful for different domains like retail ,finance etc.
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