Question

In my SQL database I have a column that contains a fiscal year value. Fiscal Year start from Oct 1st to Sept 30th of the following year. For example the current fiscal year is 2011-2012 or “2011”. I need a calculation to pull dates from my database.

I have a column in my table that contains dates (i.e. 05/04/2012), I need a calculation that will pull the dates for the selected fiscal year? So when I need to see the data for the date 02/14/2003, then I would need the fiscal year of 2002.

This all ties into my ASP.NET page, where a user selects which fiscal year they want to view and a gridview appears with the information requested. So, if I choose fiscal year 2010, the data pulled into the gridview should be all records from 10/01/2010 to 09/30/2011. Thanks for the help, I have yet to try anything because I am not sure where to begin (sql newbie).

Answer 1

You can find the fiscal year by adding three months:

year(dateadd(month,3,'2011-09-30'))

So to select all entries in Fiscal year 2011, try:

select  *
from    YourTable as yt
where   year(dateadd(month,3,yt.TransactionDt)) = 2011