Regular Expressions 101

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Group 1(-?(?:[1-9][0-9]*)?[0-9]{4})

-?optionally matches the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[1-9][0-9]*)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[1-9]

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

Character Class[0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

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

Character Class[0-9]{4}

{4}matches exactly 4 characters from the set below:

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

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

1st Alternative1[0-2]

1the literal 1 (49₁₀ / 61₈ / 31₁₆)

Character Class[0-2]

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

2nd Alternative0[1-9]

0the literal 0 (48₁₀ / 60₈ / 30₁₆)

Character Class[1-9]

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

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 3(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)

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

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

1st Alternative2[0-3]

2the literal 2 (50₁₀ / 62₈ / 32₁₆)

Character Class[0-3]

0-3one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 3 (51₁₀)

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

Character Class[0-5]

Character Class[0-9]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

Group 6([0-5][0-9])

Group 7(\\.[0-9]+)?

Group 8(Z)?

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Regular Expression

^(-?(?:[1-9][0-9]*)?[0-9]{4})-(1[0-2]|0[1-9])-(3[01]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9])T(2[0-3]|[01][0-9]):([0-5][0-9]):([0-5][0-9])(\\.[0-9]+)?(Z)?$

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2016-04-06T10:10:09Z