Regular Expression Matching in ANSI ?

[poi]

I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I need
it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me in
the right direction?
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match dateMatch;
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex dateTest =
new Regex(
@"^((((((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|
(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((
0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26])))|((
(((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[
469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9
])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][013457
89]))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])\s))([
AM|PM|am|pm]{2,2})))?$" );
dateMatch = dateTest.Match( this.txtDateofLoss.Text.Trim() );
if ( dateMatch.Success == false )
{}
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[Jon Skeet]

poi <dd****@rucs.nul> wrote:

I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I need
it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me in
the right direction?

<snip 8 lines of regular expression>

Why not just use DateTime.ParseExact instead? A regular expression like
that is *always* going to be a nightmare to read.

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[Ross Donald]

Hi,

I'm not touching that one!

http://www.regexlib.com has many pre-written regular expressions. You should
be able to find something there.

If not, a very simple starting point would be

^\d{4}-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$

--
Ross Donald
Rad Software
Free Regular Expression Designer @
http://www.radsoftware.com.au/web/Products/
"poi" <dd****@rucs.nul> wrote in message
news:uV*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I need
it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me in
the right direction?
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match dateMatch;
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex dateTest =
new Regex(
@"^((((((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|
(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((
0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26])))|((
(((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[
469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9
])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][013457
89]))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])\s))([
AM|PM|am|pm]{2,2})))?$" );
dateMatch = dateTest.Match( this.txtDateofLoss.Text.Trim() );
if ( dateMatch.Success == false )
{}
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[Alvin Bruney]

Chris hasn't seen this post yet? :-)
"Ross Donald" <ro**@radsoftware.com.auNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:#y**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I'm not touching that one!

http://www.regexlib.com has many pre-written regular expressions. You should be able to find something there.

If not, a very simple starting point would be

^\d{4}-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$

--
Ross Donald
Rad Software
Free Regular Expression Designer @
http://www.radsoftware.com.au/web/Products/
"poi" <dd****@rucs.nul> wrote in message
news:uV*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I need
it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me in
the right direction?
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match dateMatch;
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex dateTest =
new Regex(
@"^((((((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|
(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((
0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26])))|((
(((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[
469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9
])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][013457
89]))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])\s))([
AM|PM|am|pm]{2,2})))?$" );
dateMatch = dateTest.Match( this.txtDateofLoss.Text.Trim() );
if ( dateMatch.Success == false )
{}
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[Ross Donald]

Errr.... who is Chris? and what would he say about that post?

--
Ross Donald
Rad Software
"Alvin Bruney" <vapordan_spam_me_not@hotmail_no_spamhotmail.com > wrote in
message news:uk**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Chris hasn't seen this post yet? :-)
| "Ross Donald" <ro**@radsoftware.com.auNOSPAM> wrote in message
| news:#y**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > Hi,
| >
| > I'm not touching that one!
| >
| > http://www.regexlib.com has many pre-written regular expressions. You
| should
| > be able to find something there.
| >
| > If not, a very simple starting point would be
| >
| > ^\d{4}-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$
| >
| > --
| > Ross Donald
| > Rad Software
| > Free Regular Expression Designer @
| > http://www.radsoftware.com.au/web/Products/
| >
| >
| > "poi" <dd****@rucs.nul> wrote in message
| > news:uV*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > >
| > >
| > > I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I
need
| > > it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me
in
| > > the right direction?
| > >
| > >
| > > System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match dateMatch;
| > > System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex dateTest =
| > > new Regex(
| > >
@"^((((((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|
| > >
(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((
| > >
0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26])))|((
| > >
(((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[
| > >
469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9
| >

])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][013457

| > >
89]))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])\s))([
| > > AM|PM|am|pm]{2,2})))?$" );
| > > dateMatch = dateTest.Match( this.txtDateofLoss.Text.Trim() );
| > > if ( dateMatch.Success == false )
| > > {}
| > >
| > >
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| >
| >
|
|

[Alvin Bruney]

he loves regex stuff, he can whip you out an answer. or check regexlib.com
or eric gu's site for a solution
"Ross Donald" <ro**@radsoftware.com.auNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:#c*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Errr.... who is Chris? and what would he say about that post?

--
Ross Donald
Rad Software
"Alvin Bruney" <vapordan_spam_me_not@hotmail_no_spamhotmail.com > wrote in
message news:uk**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Chris hasn't seen this post yet? :-)
| "Ross Donald" <ro**@radsoftware.com.auNOSPAM> wrote in message
| news:#y**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > Hi,
| >
| > I'm not touching that one!
| >
| > http://www.regexlib.com has many pre-written regular expressions. You
| should
| > be able to find something there.
| >
| > If not, a very simple starting point would be
| >
| > ^\d{4}-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]$
| >
| > --
| > Ross Donald
| > Rad Software
| > Free Regular Expression Designer @
| > http://www.radsoftware.com.au/web/Products/
| >
| >
| > "poi" <dd****@rucs.nul> wrote in message
| > news:uV*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > >
| > >
| > > I found this regex on the web and it takes dates as MM/DD/YYYY. I
need
| > > it to take dates as YYYY-MM-DD but can't see how, can anyone point me in
| > > the right direction?
| > >
| > >
| > > System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match dateMatch;
| > > System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex dateTest =
| > > new Regex(
| > >
@"^((((((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|
| > >
(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((
| > >
0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26])))|((
| > >
(((0?[13578])|(1[0-2]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[
| > >
469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9
| >

])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))[\-\/\s]?\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][013457

| > >
89]))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-2]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])\s))([
| > > AM|PM|am|pm]{2,2})))?$" );
| > > dateMatch = dateTest.Match( this.txtDateofLoss.Text.Trim() );
| > > if ( dateMatch.Success == false )
| > > {}
| > >
| > >
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| >
| >
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