The script returns the quarter and year of a date submitted in the form of '105' - first quarter of 2005 - and is useful for grouping data by calendar quarter. Easy to modify for fiscal quarters.
getCalendarQTR
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[getCalendarQTR](@Date as smalldatetime) RETURNS char(3) AS BEGIN DECLARE @QTR char(1) DECLARE @YR char(2) SET @YR = Year(@Date) IF Month(@Date) IN (1,2,3) SET @QTR = '1' IF Month(@Date) IN (4,5,6) SET @QTR = '2' IF Month(@Date) IN (7,8,9) SET @QTR = '3' IF Month(@Date) IN (10,11,12) SET @QTR = '4' RETURN @QTR + @YR END