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Old 12-23-2007
How can i calculate a Quarter of a Month
I im just a beginner here. I wanted to know how to calculate the Quarter of a Month, and i want to assign Number like if the month falls on 1st quarter then i have to assign to 1 then going on till the last Quarter!!

Any help will be much use to me..

~Renne
# 2  
Old 12-26-2007
This finds the quarter for the current month:
Code:
 echo "`date +%m`/4 + 1" | bc | read quarter
 echo $quarter

# 3  
Old 12-26-2007
Code:
mon=$(date +'%m')
if [ $mon -ge 1 -a $mon -le 3 ]; then
     qtr=1
elif [ $mon -ge 4 -a $mon -le 6 ]; then
     qtr=2
elif [ $mon -ge 7 -a $mon -le 9 ]; then
     qtr=3
elif [ $mon -ge 10 -a $mon -le 12 ]; then
     qtr=4
fi
echo $qtr

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