Python regex used to parse a UUID in its full form (36 chars, including hyphens in 12-4-4-4-12 form), and its compact 32 char form (derived from uuid.hex). This regex was originally created for a Django url converter that supported uuids in both forms.

needs to be modified for use in python by this code example note use of {3 } and additional parenthesis around the import re nigeRegex = re.compile(r'((\d{3}-)?\d{3}-\d{4}(,)?){3}') nigeRegex.search('My numbers are 415-555-1234,555-4242,212-555-0000')

needs to be modified for use in python by this code example note use of {3 } and additional parenthesis around the import re nigeRegex = re.compile(r'((\d{3}-)?\d{3}-\d{4}(,)?){3}') nigeRegex.search('My numbers are 415-555-1234,555-4242,212-555-0000')

Returns the value of an epoch time sync with a time reference