Regular Expressions 101

\ban ASCII word boundary

Non-Capturing Group(?:((?:19|20)\d{2})(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])((?:19|20)\d{2}))

1st Alternative((?:19|20)\d{2})(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])

Group 1((?:19|20)\d{2})

Non-Capturing Group(?:19|20)

1st Alternative19

19the literal text 19

2nd Alternative20

20the literal text 20

\d{2}a digit, repeated exactly 2 times

Group 2(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])

1st Alternative0?[1-9]

0?optionally matches the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[1-9]

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

2nd Alternative1[0-2]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-2]

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

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

1st Alternative0?[1-9]

0?optionally matches the 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]

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)

3rd Alternative3[01]

3the literal 3 (51₁₀ / 63₈ / 33₁₆)

Character Class[01]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

2nd Alternative(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])((?:19|20)\d{2})

Group 4(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])

1st Alternative0?[1-9]

0?optionally matches the 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]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-9]

3rd Alternative3[01]

Group 5(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])

Group 6((?:19|20)\d{2})

\ban ASCII word boundary

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\b(?:((?:19|20)\d{2})(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])((?:19|20)\d{2}))\b

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