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"
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