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  • All Tokens
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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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const regex = /^((\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26]))[\-\/\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])))))|(\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][01345789]))[\-\/\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\-\/\s]?((0?[1-9])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))))(\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-3]))\:([0-5][0-9])((\s)|(\:([0-5][0-9])))?))?$/gm; // Alternative syntax using RegExp constructor // const regex = new RegExp('^((\\d{2}(([02468][048])|([13579][26]))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])))))|(\\d{2}(([02468][1235679])|([13579][01345789]))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((((0?[13578])|(1[02]))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(3[01])))|(((0?[469])|(11))[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|([1-2][0-9])|(30)))|(0?2[\\-\\\/\\s]?((0?[1-9])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-8]))))))(\\s(((0?[1-9])|(1[0-9])|(2[0-3]))\\:([0-5][0-9])((\\s)|(\\:([0-5][0-9])))?))?$', 'gm') const str = `16/10/1991 16-10-1991 16.10.1991 1991/16/10 1991-16-10 1991.16.10 10/16/1991 10-16-1991 10.16.1991 1991-10-16 1991/10/16 2016-2-29 2020-2-29 2024-2-29 2028-2-29 2032-2-29 2036-2-29 2040-2-29 5304-2-29 1991.10.16 91-10-16 91/10/16 91.10.16 01/01/2000 31/01/2000 32/01/2000 01/1/2000 01/1/01 29/02/2000 28/02/2001 29/02/2003 30/04/2000 31/04/2000 31/07/2000 31/08/2000 31/09/2000 01/12/2000 01/15/2000 `; // Reset `lastIndex` if this regex is defined globally // regex.lastIndex = 0; let m; while ((m = regex.exec(str)) !== null) { // This is necessary to avoid infinite loops with zero-width matches if (m.index === regex.lastIndex) { regex.lastIndex++; } // The result can be accessed through the `m`-variable. m.forEach((match, groupIndex) => { console.log(`Found match, group ${groupIndex}: ${match}`); }); }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for JavaScript, please visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions