Day
Month
Month Name
Month-Year
Qtr-Year
Year
Year-Month
Year-Qtr
These eight mapping formats can be applied to date values to extract the appropriate parts of the date.
A typical date of 12th August 1996 will be mapped as shown below.
| Day | 12 | ||
| Month | 8 | ||
| Month Name | Aug | ||
| Month-Year | Aug-1996 | ||
| Qtr-Year | Q3-1996 | ||
| Year | 1996 | ||
| Year-Month | 1996-Aug | ||
| Year-Qtr | 1996-Q3 |
Note that both Month-Year and Year-Month are available.
By sorting appropriately you can arrange that months are shown together or the nodes are in date order.