Re: Q on Regular Expressions - solved

Once again, I ask a stupid question, wotk on it some more and find the
answer under my nose.

Thanks anyway, I have what I'm looking for.

Walter

BTW: If you would like to know what I did, or even look at it and comment...

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/*
American Standard Format - accepts SLASH or DASH
"02/03/1994 14:15:29 EST" -- American Standard 24 Hr Clock
"02/03/1994 02:15:29 PM EST" -- American Standard 12 Hr Clock
"02/03/1994 14:15:29" -- zone is optional
"02/03/1994" -- only date

Will work on dates before 1000, but must have leading ZEROs
*/

$strDate = "01-02-1994";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03 GMT";
file://$strDate = "01/02/1994 01:02:03 AM GMT";

$regExp = "^"; // Start at begining of string

$regExp .= "("; // Start Date Block

$regExp = "([0-9]{2})[-|\/]"; // Month DASH or SLASH
$regExp .= "([0-9]{2})[-|\/]"; // Day DASH or SLASH
$regExp .= "([0-9]{4})"; // Year
$regExp .= ")?"; // End Time Block

$regExp .= "("; // Start Time Block

$regExp .= "[[:space:]]"; // Space
$regExp .= "([0-9]{2}):"; // Hour COLON
$regExp .= "([0-9]{2}):"; // Minute COLON
$regExp .= "([0-9]{2})"; // Seconds

$regExp .= "("; // Start Meridium Block
$regExp .= "[[:space:]]"; // Space
$regExp .= "[a-zA-Z]{1,2}"; // AM/PM
$regExp .= ")?"; // End Meridium Block


$regExp .= "("; // Start TZ Block
$regExp .= "[[:space:]]"; // Space
$regExp .= "[a-z|A-Z]{1,3}"; // Time Zone
$regExp .= ")?"; // End TZ Block

$regExp .= ")?"; // End Time Block

$regExp .= "$"; // End at end of string



if (ereg ($regExp, $strDate, $regs))
{
echo '<pre>';
echo '|' . $strDate . '|' . '<br />';
echo print_r($regs);
echo '</pre>';
}
else
{
echo "Invalid date format: $strDate";
}