Is there a Python function to determine which quarter of the year a date is in?

Question

Sure I could write this myself, but before I go reinventing the wheel is there a function that already does this?

Answer 1

This is very simple and works in python3:

from datetime import datetime

# Get current date-time.
now = datetime.now()

# Determine which quarter of the year is now. Returns q1, q2, q3 or q4.
quarter_of_the_year = 'q'+str((now.month-1)//3+1)