Period.
qyear
Fiscal year the Period lies in according to its starting-quarter.
The year and the qyear of the period will be the same if the fiscal and calendar years are the same. When they are not, the fiscal year can be different from the calendar year of the period.
The fiscal year of the period.
See also
Period.year
Return the calendar year of the period.
Examples
If the natural and fiscal year are the same, qyear and year will be the same.
>>> per = pd.Period('2018Q1', freq='Q') >>> per.qyear 2018 >>> per.year 2018
If the fiscal year starts in April (Q-MAR), the first quarter of 2018 will start in April 2017. year will then be 2018, but qyear will be the fiscal year, 2018.
>>> per = pd.Period('2018Q1', freq='Q-MAR') >>> per.start_time Timestamp('2017-04-01 00:00:00') >>> per.qyear 2018 >>> per.year 2017