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Sam Su
Sam Su

Reputation: 6832

Match and pick date from a String?

String:

Michael Jordan <br> 1963-02-17 Brooklyn, New York

How I can only get 1963-02-17 with regex and JavaScript?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (1)

MDEV
MDEV

Reputation: 10838

To match this date format specifically (ie YYYY-MM-DD):

var str = 'Michael Jordan <br> 1963-02-17 Brooklyn, New York';
var date = str.match(/[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/)[0]; //"1963-02-17"

If it won't always have the date in the string, you will want to check for a valid match first:

var str = 'Michael Jordan <br> 19632-17 Brooklyn, New York';
var date = str.match(/[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/);
if(date && date[0])
{
    date = date[0];
}
//date is "1963-02-17" or NULL

The first example will throw an error if the date is not matched, whereas the second will silently fail and leave date equal to NULL

Upvotes: 3

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