WayneS (5/10/2012)
Excellent question Mark. Actually, in the Qtr column in the CROSS APPLY, I use this calculation to determine what the month number is at the beginning of the quarter for the date:
((CEILING(MONTH(dt.SomeDate)/3.0)*3)-2) AS Qtr,In the example that you posted, it is specifying the third month, thus 2012-03-01.
ah I glanced over that, but missed the implications of it. Which left me thinking you were stuffing in the quarter number, instead of the first month number of a given quarter.
Makes sense, thanks!