Format date-time as seasons in R?

Question

In R, it\'s possible to format POSIXlt date-time objects as a month:

format(Sys.time(), format=\'%Y-%m\')

Is there a way to do the same thi

Answer 1

Let Q1 be DJF; Q2, MAM; etc. then:

seasonal.quarters <- function(x) {
    x <- as.POSIXlt(x)
    x$mon <- (x$mon + 1) %% 12
    quarters(x)
}

options(stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

nonleap.year <- seq(from=as.POSIXct('2013-1-1'), to=as.POSIXct('2014-1-1'), by='day')
d <- data.frame(ms=months(nonleap.year), qs=seasonal.quarters(nonleap.year))
by(d, INDICES=list(d$qs), FUN=function(x) unique(x$ms))
# : Q1
# [1] "January"  "February" "December"
# -------------------------------------
# : Q2
# [1] "March" "April" "May"  
# -------------------------------------
# : Q3
# [1] "June"   "July"   "August"
# -------------------------------------
# : Q4
# [1] "September" "October"   "November" 

leap.year <- seq(from=as.POSIXct('2016-1-1'), to=as.POSIXct('2017-1-1'), by='day')
d <- data.frame(ms=months(leap.year), qs=seasonal.quarters(leap.year))
by(d, INDICES=list(d$qs), FUN=function(x) unique(x$ms))
# : Q1
# [1] "January"  "February" "December"
# -------------------------------------
# : Q2
# [1] "March" "April" "May"  
# -------------------------------------
# : Q3
# [1] "June"   "July"   "August"
# -------------------------------------
# : Q4
# [1] "September" "October"   "November"