Question

Given 2 dates (StartDate and EndDate), how to do i generate quarterly periods in Pl/SQL.

Example:

Start Date: 01-JAN-2009
End Date: 31-DEC-2009

Expected Output:

StartDate        EndDate
01-JAN-2009      31-MAR-2009
01-APR-2009      30-JUN-2009
01-JUL-2009      30-SEP-2009
01-OCT-2009      31-DEC-2009

Answer 1

SELECT  ADD_MONTHS( TRUNC(PARAM.start_date, 'Q'), 3*(LEVEL-1) )   AS qstart
    ,   ADD_MONTHS( TRUNC(PARAM.start_date, 'Q'), 3*(LEVEL) ) -1  AS qend
FROM    (   SELECT  TO_DATE('&start_date')  AS start_date
                ,   TO_DATE('&end_date')    AS end_date
            FROM    DUAL
        ) PARAM
CONNECT BY ADD_MONTHS( TRUNC(PARAM.start_date, 'Q'), 3*(LEVEL) ) -1
        <= PARAM.end_date

Rules for params, you may need to adjust the query to suit your purposes:

• If start_date is not exact quarter start it effectively uses the quarter contain start date.
• If end_date is not exact quarter end then we end on the quarter that ended BEFORE end_date (not the one containing end date).