regex101: Date with leap years

Pro

^start of line

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:20(?:[24][048]|[13][26])-02-29)|(?:20[1-4][0-9]-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]))))

1st Alternative(?:20(?:[24][048]|[13][26])-02-29)

Non-Capturing Group(?:20(?:[24][048]|[13][26])-02-29)

20the literal text 20

Non-Capturing Group(?:[24][048]|[13][26])

1st Alternative[24][048]

Character Class[24]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

4the literal 4 (52₁₀ / 64₈ / 34₁₆)

Character Class[048]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

4the literal 4 (52₁₀ / 64₈ / 34₁₆)

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

2nd Alternative[13][26]

Character Class[13]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

Character Class[26]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

6the literal 6 (54₁₀ / 66₈ / 36₁₆)

-02-29the literal text -02-29

2nd Alternative(?:20[1-4][0-9]-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])))

Non-Capturing Group(?:20[1-4][0-9]-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])))

20the literal text 20

Character Class[1-4]

1-4one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]))

1st Alternative(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])

Non-Capturing Group(?:0[13578]|1[02])

1st Alternative0[13578]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[13578]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

5the literal 5 (53₁₀ / 65₈ / 35₁₆)

7the literal 7 (55₁₀ / 67₈ / 37₁₆)

8the literal 8 (56₁₀ / 70₈ / 38₁₆)

2nd Alternative1[02]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[02]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])

1st Alternative0[1-9]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[1-9]

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

2nd Alternative[12][0-9]

Character Class[12]

Character Class[0-9]

3rd Alternative3[01]

2nd Alternative(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)

3rd Alternative02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[01][0-9]|2[0-3])

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Character Class[0-5]

Character Class[0-9]

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Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(?:(?:20(?:[24][048]|[13][26])-02-29)|(?:20[1-4][0-9]-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|02-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])))) (?:[01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$

Regular Expressions 101

Regular Expression

Extraction