How to calculate quarter and year from date in Excel?
If you have a column of date, now, you want to convert the date to quarter and year only to get the following result. Are there any quick ways to solve it in Excel?

Convert date to quarter and year with formula
Here is a simple formula can help you to calculate the quarter and year from the given date, please do as follows:
Enter the following formula into a blank cell where you want to output the calculate result, and then drag the fill handle down to the cells to apply this formula, and the date has been displayed in quarter and year format, see screenshot:
Convert date to quarter only with formula
If you just want to get the quarter from the given date, please apply the below formula:
Then, drag the fill handle down to the cells for filling this formula, only the quarter is displayed based on the date, see screenshot:
Convert date to quarter and year with a handy feature
If you have Kutools for Excel, with its Convert date to quarter feature, you can get the quarter and year format from te specific dates without remembering any formulas.
After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:
1. Click to select a cell where you want to output the result, see screenshot:
2. And then click Kutools > Formula Helper > Formula Helper, see screenshot:
3. In the Formulas Helper dialog box, please do the following operations:
- Select Date from the Formula Type drop down list;
- In the Choose a formula list box, click to select Convert date to quarter option;
- Then, in the Arguments input section, select the cell containing the date that you want to convert in the Date textbox.
4. And then, click Ok button, the first result will be calculated, then drag the fill handle for fill the formula to other cells, see screenshot:
Convert quarter and year to date with formula
Sometimes, you may want to convert the quarter and year format cells to the normal date which is the first day of quarter as below screenshot shown:
For getting the first day of quarter from the quarter and year cell, please apply the below formula:
Then, drag the fill handle down to the cells for filling this formula, and all the fist days of quarter have been extracted at once, see screenshot:
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