Date regex
Date regular expressions can be used to validate if a string has a valid date format and to extract a valid date from a string.
Simple date regex (DD/MM/YYYY)
Below is a simple regex to validate the string against a date format (D/M/YYYY or M/D/YYYY). This however does not guarantee that the date would be valid (read about moment.js below). You can also replace \/ with a separator you need.
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Example code in Javascript:
ISO 8061 date regex (e.g. 2021-11-04T22:32:47.142354-10:00)
The ISO 8061 is an international standard for exchanging and serializing date and time data. For validating the format of ISO 8061 date and time and for extracting it a following regular expression could be used:
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Example code in Javascript:
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Notes on date string regex validation
While there are some regular expressions that allow more complex date validations, it is usually better to validate dates using special date and time libraries. For example, in Javascript moment.js library can be used for these purposes. In this case, the validation will look like this: