KATER__QUARTER

Family: Date grains

Syntax

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KATER__QUARTER(field)

Arguments

Returns

A date.

Usage notes

• On a timestamp, it drops the time of day too. So 14 March 2026 at 09:30 gives 1 January 2026.

Example

This Sandbox query reads the sample shop’s orders. The table shows the rows that Kater gave.

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SELECT
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  orders.order_id AS "Order ID",
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  orders.order_date AS "Order Date",
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  DIMENSION('order_date_quarter', KATER__QUARTER(orders.order_date)) AS "Quarter"
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FROM kater_dataset.orders AS orders
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ORDER BY
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  1
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LIMIT 3

Compiles to

The call compiles to the same SQL on DuckDB and on Snowflake.

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CAST(DATE_TRUNC('QUARTER', orders.order_date) AS DATE)

See also

• Dates
• Other functions in Date grains: KATER__DATE, KATER__WEEK, KATER__MONTH, KATER__YEAR, KATER__HOUR, KATER__MINUTE, KATER__SECOND, KATER__MILLISECOND