Req #15184 [Com]: Calculate the quarter with date('Q')?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15184&edit=1 ID: 15184 Comment by: programming at stefan-koch dot name Reported by: j-f at gmx dot net Summary: Calculate the quarter with date('Q')? Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: - PHP Version: 4.1.1 Assigned To: derick Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I really cannot see from where you derive that "most people start Q1 in the first week of the year or something". Whereever I look after a Google search, the definition of the quarters is: First quarter: from the beginning of January to the end of March Second quarter: from the beginning of April to the end of June Third quarter: from the beginning of July to the end of September Fourth quarter: from the beginning of October to the end of December German Wikipedia lists it even clearer, should also be understandable to English speaking people: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartal#Quartale_und_ihre_Monate e.g. Quarter I from 1. January to 31. March. I already submitted a patch in another feature request [1], but judging from PHP's behaviour, I am pretty sure that nobody will ever implement it (I would understand that MY implementation is not good enough to be copied). I want to mention that PHP dev's argumentation as I see it in many bug reports really keeps me from diving into PHP interpreter development. [1] https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34932 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-21 21:18:27] fernandojmartin at gmail dot com Why not to just follow the way MySQL behaves? In that way I'm not obligated to calculate part of the date OUTSIDE the DB server! The YEAR starts on Jan 1st. Period. The first week of the year has nothing to do with Q1 if the real date is December 31. I don't see a clear sustenance in derick's explanation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-12 08:46:49] derick@php.net Some people have different opinions on when the quarter starts. Just saying that it starts at january 1 is in correct, as most people start Q1 in the first week of the year or something. That's why I don't think we should add this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-08-11 19:22:39] nlopess@php.net One more for you, Derick :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-23 11:44:26] j-f at gmx dot net I added a note how to calculate the quarter: ceil(date('n')/3); But I suggest extending date() with the option 'Q' or 'q'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15184&edit=1