Calculate fiscal year in SQL Server

Question

How would you calculate the fiscal year from a date field in a view in SQL Server?

Answer 1

I don't think you can, because there is no universal fiscal calendar. Fiscal years vary between businesses and countries.

ADDENDUM: What you would need to do is have a separate DB table consisting of a fiscal start date, and a fiscal end date for each applicable year. Use the data in that table to calculate the fiscal year given a particular date.