Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1(\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\.\.|\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))|\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))|^\.\.\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])))

1st Alternative\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\.\.

\d{4}a digit, repeated exactly 4 times

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})

1st Alternative0[0-9]{1}

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]{1}

{1}matches one character from the set below:

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

2nd Alternative1[0-2]{1}

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-2]{1}

{1}matches one character from the set below:

0-2one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 2 (50₁₀)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 2(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])

1st Alternative3[01]

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

Character Class[01]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

2nd Alternative0[1-9]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[1-9]

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

3rd Alternative[12][0-9]

Character Class[12]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]

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

Character Class[tT ]

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

Tthe literal T (84₁₀ / 124₈ / 54₁₆) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 3(2[0-4]|[01][0-9])

1st Alternative2[0-4]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-4]

0-4one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 4 (52₁₀)

2nd Alternative[01][0-9]

Character Class[01]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]

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

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 4([0-5][0-9])

Character Class[0-5]

0-5one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 5 (53₁₀)

Character Class[0-9]

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

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 5(60|[0-5][0-9])

Group 6(\.\d+)?

Group 7([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

2nd Alternative\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))

3rd Alternative\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))

4th Alternative^\.\.\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))

$end of line

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

26 tokens

Regular Expression

^(\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\.\.|\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))|\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9]))|^\.\.\/\d{4}-(?:0[0-9]{1}|1[0-2]{1})-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])[tT ](2[0-4]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])(\.\d+)?([zZ]|[+-]([0-5][0-9]):(60|[0-5][0-9])))$

New

+Should match
2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00
2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00/2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00
../2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00
2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00/..

-Should not match. Some OGC services may use /|\ instead of /..|../
2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00/
\2016-01-19T15:21:32.59+02:00
2016-01-19