Dater.qq
Create quarterly dates
Syntax shortcuts to create dater objects
date = qq(year, quarter)
date = qq(year, "end")
date = qq(year)
Syntax to create dater objects
date = Dater.qq(...)
Syntax to create numeric date codes
dateCode = dater.qq(...)
Input arguments
year [ numeric ]
Calendar year.
quarter=1 [ numeric | "end" ]
Quarter of the year;
"end"meansquarter=4.
Output arguments
date [ Dater ]
Quarterly date returned as a Dater object.
dateCode [ numeric ]
Quarterly date returned as a numeric datecode.
Description
Examples
Calculate the number of quarters between two quarterly dates
t1 = qq(2020,1);
t2 = qq(2020,4);
n = t2 - t1