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QUARTER-START

Returns the date of the first day of the calendar quarter for a given date.

SYNTAX

QUARTER-START ( date ) 

date

A date expression (a constant, field name, or expression that results in a date value).

EXAMPLE

To calculate the first day of the quarter for the date in a date field Initial-Date, create a calculated field containing this expression:

QUARTER-START(Initial-Date) 

If the value in the Initial-Date field is 5/4/93, then this expression yields 4/1/93, the first day of the second quarter.


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