What is the RegEx pattern for DateTime (2008-09-01 12:35:45 ) ?
I get this error:
No ending delimiter '^' found
Using:
preg_match('(?n:^(?=\d)((?<day>31(?!(.0?[2469]|11))|30(?!.0?2)|29(?(.0?2)(?=.{3,4}(1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)(0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00))|0?[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])(?<sep>[/.-])(?<month>0?[1-9]|1[012])\2(?<year>(1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)\d{2})(?:(?=\x20\d)\x20|$))?(?<time>((0?[1-9]|1[012])(:[0-5]\d){0,2}(?i:\ [AP]M))|([01]\d|2[0-3])(:[0-5]\d){1,2})?$)', '2008-09-01 12:35:45');
Gives this error:
Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in E:\www\index.php on line 19
The answer is
I have modified the regex pattern from http://regexlib.com/REDetails.aspx?regexp_id=610. The following pattern should match your case.
^(?=\d)(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?\d\d([-.\/])(?:1[012]|0?[1-9])\1(?:31(?<!.(?:0[2469]|11))|(?:30|29)(?<!.02)|29(?=.0?2.(?:(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(?:(?:16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00)))(?:\x20|$))|(?:2[0-8]|1\d|0?[1-9]))(?:(?=\x20\d)\x20|$))?(((0?[1-9]|1[012])(:[0-5]\d){0,2}(\x20[AP]M))|([01]\d|2[0-3])(:[0-5]\d){1,2})?$
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
A simple version that will work for the format mentioned, but not all the others as per @Espos:
(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})
Here is my solution:
/^(2[0-9]{3})-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]) (0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0123])\:([012345][0-9])\:([012345][0-9])$/u
^([2][0]\d{2}\/([0]\d|[1][0-2])\/([0-2]\d|[3][0-1]))$|^([2][0]\d{2}\/([0]\d|[1][0-2])\/([0-2]\d|[3][0-1])\s([0-1]\d|[2][0-3])\:[0-5]\d\:[0-5]\d)$
Here is my solution:
[12]\d{3}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]) ([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d
regarding to Imran answer from Sep 1th 2008 at 12:33 there is a missing : in the pattern the correct patterns are
preg_match('/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45', $m1);
print_r( $m1 );
preg_match('/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45', $m2);
print_r( $m2 );
preg_match('/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}$/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45', $m3);
print_r( $m3 );
this returns
Array ( [0] => 2008-09-01 12:35:45 )
Array ( [0] => 2008-09-01 12:35:45 )
Array ( [0] => 2008-09-01 12:35:45 )
http://regexlib.com/REDetails.aspx?regexp_id=610
^(?=\d)(?:(?:31(?!.(?:0?[2469]|11))|(?:30|29)(?!.0?2)|29(?=.0?2.(?:(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(?:(?:16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00)))(?:\x20|$))|(?:2[0-8]|1\d|0?[1-9]))([-./])(?:1[012]|0?[1-9])\1(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?\d\d(?:(?=\x20\d)\x20|$))?(((0?[1-9]|1[012])(:[0-5]\d){0,2}(\x20[AP]M))|([01]\d|2[0-3])(:[0-5]\d){1,2})?$
This RE validates both dates and/or times patterns. Days in Feb. are also validated for Leap years. Dates: in dd/mm/yyyy or d/m/yy format between 1/1/1600 - 31/12/9999. Leading zeroes are optional. Date separators can be either matching dashes(-), slashes(/) or periods(.) Times: in the hh:MM:ss AM/PM 12 hour format (12:00 AM - 11:59:59 PM) or hh:MM:ss military time format (00:00:00 - 23:59:59). The 12 hour time format: 1) may have a leading zero for the hour. 2) Minutes and seconds are optional for the 12 hour format 3) AM or PM is required and case sensitive. Military time 1) must have a leading zero for all hours less than 10. 2) Minutes are manditory. 3) seconds are optional. Datetimes: combination of the above formats. A date first then a time separated by a space. ex) dd/mm/yyyy hh:MM:ss
Edit: Make sure you copy the RegEx from the regexlib.com website as StackOverflow sometimes removes/destroys special chars.
$date = "2014-04-01 12:00:00";
preg_match('/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})/',$date, $matches);
print_r($matches);
$matches will be:
Array (
[0] => 2014-04-01 12:00:00
[1] => 2014
[2] => 04
[3] => 01
[4] => 12
[5] => 00
[6] => 00
)
An easy way to break up a datetime formated string.
Adding to @Greg Hewgill answer: if you want to be able to match both date-time and only date, you can make the "time" part of the regex optional:
(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})( (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}))?
this way you will match both 2008-09-01 12:35:42 and 2008-09-01
PHP preg functions needs your regex to be wrapped with a delimiter character, which can be any character. You can't use this delimiter character without escaping inside the regex. This should work (here the delimiter character is /):
preg_match('/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45');
// or this, to allow matching 0:00:00 time too.
preg_match('/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2}/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45');
If you need to match lines that contain only datetime, add ^ and $ at the beginning and end of the regex.
preg_match('/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}$/', '2008-09-01 12:35:45');
Here is a simplified version (originated from Espo's answer). It checks the correctness of date (even leap year), and hh:mm:ss is optional
Examples that work:
- 31/12/2003 11:59:59
- 29-2-2004
^(?=\d)(?:(?:31(?!.(?:0?[2469]|11))|(?:30|29)(?!.0?2)|29(?=.0?2.(?:(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26])|(?:(?:16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00)))(?:\x20|$))|(?:2[0-8]|1\d|0?[1-9]))([-./])(?:1[012]|0?[1-9])\1(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?\d\d(?:(?=\x20\d)\x20|$))(|([01]\d|2[0-3])(:[0-5]\d){1,2})?$
Source: Stackoverflow.com