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year-quarter time format
Add a new datatype for denoting yearly quarters (which apparently is quite a common thing).
Proposed name: yearquarter
(following the existing yearmonth
)
Formatting:
- default format
yyyy-Qq
, e.g.: 2015-Q1, 2013-Q4 -
format
parameter: Same as indate
, with these extensions: -%q
should be used to indicate a numeric quarter number (between 1 and 4) -%Q
should be used to indicate a quarter number in Roman numerals (case insensitive, between I and IV)
cc: @zelima
Should be clear in spec that Q1 = 1 Jan to 31 Mar, etc.
I thought about this when I introduced yearmonth and year #105 - how often do quarters show up and do they need their own type? This is a classic "feature" vs "complexity" trade-off and i'd like more data before we made a decision.
Re @Stephen-Gates we should at least be clear how people can translate / interpret this stuff now.