[SOLVED] Regex Not Matching Date

fukawi2 · 2009-02-05 06:17:05

Can anyone enlighten me as to why the below regex in PHP doesn't match this string and set $IS_TZ to true?

2 FEB 2009

if (preg_match('^(0?[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])[- /.](JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC)[- /.](19|20)?[0-9]{2}$', $TZ)) $IS_TZ = true;

I'm also open to better ways to validate a timestamp in PHP?

Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-02-05 21:24:42)

chimeric · 2009-02-05 09:22:16

Hmm, am I wrong or does your regex miss the delimiters i.e:

preg_match('#[regex]#', $foo)

fukawi2 · 2009-02-05 21:24:29

Obviously I'm still learning Regex... I didn't know PHP required those delimiters... It works now, thanks chimeric

I'll read up on those delimiters.

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