The NEXT_QUARTER function returns the first day of the next quarter after the date specified by the input.

The schema is SYSIBM.

datetime-expression

An expression that specifies a date after which the first day of the next quarter is to be returned.
The expression must return a value that is a DATE, a TIMESTAMP, a CHAR, or a VARCHAR data type.
In a Unicode database, the expression can also be a GRAPHIC or VARGRAPHIC data type. CHAR, VARCHAR, GRAPHIC, and VARGRAPHIC are supported using implicit casting.
If datetime-expression is a CHAR, VARCHAR, GRAPHIC, or VARGRAPHIC data type, it must be a valid string accepted by the TIMESTAMP scalar function.

The result of the function is DATE.
If the argument can be null, the result can be null. If the argument is null, the result is the null value.

Example

The following example returns the date value of the first day of the next quarter after the date specified by the input:

      values next_quarter('2007-02-18')
      Result: 2007-04-01