inquartertodate - script and chart function

This function returns True if timestamp lies inside the part of the quarter containing base_date up until and including the last millisecond of base_date.

Syntax:

InQuarterToDate (timestamp, base_date, period_no [, first_month_of_year])

Return data type: Boolean

Arguments:

Arguments
Argument	Description
timestamp	The date that you want to compare with base_date.
base_date	Date that is used to evaluate the quarter.
period_no	The quarter can be offset by period_no. period_no is an integer, where the value 0 indicates the quarter which contains base_date. Negative values in period_no indicate preceding quarters and positive values indicate succeeding quarters.
first_month_of_year	If you want to work with (fiscal) years not starting in January, indicate a value between 2 and 12 in first_month_of_year.

Scripting examples
Example	Result
inquartertodate ('25/01/2013', '25/01/2013', 0)	Returns True
inquartertodate ( 25/01/2013', '24/01/2013', 0)	Returns False
inquartertodate ('25/01/2012', '01/02/2013', -1)	Returns True

Example:

Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result.

This example checks if an invoice date falls in a fiscal year specified by setting the value of first_month_of_year to 4, and in the fourth quarter, before the end of 28/02/2013.

TempTable:

LOAD RecNo() as InvID, * Inline [

InvDate

28/03/2012

10/12/2012

5/2/2013

31/3/2013

19/5/2013

15/9/2013

11/12/2013

2/3/2014

14/5/2014

13/6/2014

7/7/2014

4/8/2014

];

InvoiceData:

LOAD *,

InQuarterToDate(InvDate, '28/02/2013', 0, 4) AS Qtr42Date

Resident TempTable;

Drop table TempTable;

The resulting table contains the original dates and a column with the return value of the inquartertodate() function.

Results table
InvDate	Qtr42Date
28/03/2012	0 (False)
10/12/2012	0 (False)
5/2/2013	-1 (True)
31/3/2013	0 (False)
19/5/2013	0 (False)
15/9/2013	0 (False)
11/12/2013	0 (False)
2/3/2014	0 (False)
14/5/2014	0 (False)
13/6/2014	0 (False)
7/7/2014	0 (False)
4/8/2014	0 (False)

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