
Use the IF function to determine the quarter
of a year
After entering an initial value, Excel can automatically fill
worksheet cells with the names of weekdays or months. Open a
new worksheet and type the word “January” in cell A2. Then drag
the lower-right point of this cell down to A13 to let Excel create a
list containing the months of the year. In this example, we want to
indicate which months fall into which quarter.
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To determine the quarter of a year in which a particular
month falls:
1. Select cells B2:B13 and type the following formula:
=IF(OR(A2="January",A2="February",A2="March"),
"1st quarter",IF(OR(A2="April",A2="May",
A2="June"),"2nd quarter",IF(OR(A2="July",A2= ...