=TEXT(MONTH(A1)/4+1,"0")&"Q"&TEXT(MOD(YEAR(A1),100),"00")

Regards,
Fred.

"JPS" wrote in message
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I have a large spreadsheet that is a five-year forecast. In one column is a
date, I need to know a way to calculate the quarter, in XQYY format, the
event is forecasted to happen. Where X is the quarter from the table
below, Q
is a set value and XX is the forecast year.

Date Range Quarter
January €“ March 1
April - June 2
July €“ September 3
October €“ December 4

For example, March 2009, would be 1Q09.

Thanks,

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JPS