How to extract date from a string of format dd-mmm-yyyy in js

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How can I extract date from a string where date format is dd-mmm-yyyy (example 01-dec-2020) in Javascript using regular expression.

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dhruw lalan · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-02T06:34:56.373

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You can simply use this regex: \d{2}-[A-Za-z]{3}-\d{4}

let str = 'something 01-dec-2020 something';

let result = str.match(/\d{2}-[A-Za-z]{3}-\d{4}/);

console.log(result);

edited Dec 02 '20 at 06:34

answered Dec 02 '20 at 05:37

dhruw lalan

let me know how you are using it – dhruw lalan Dec 02 '20 at 05:41
const dateRegEx = /(\d{1,4}([.\-/])\d{1,2}([.\-/])\d{1,4})/g; const result = await k.body.match(dateRegEx); this is the code iam using to match date format dd-mm-yyyy – Ambady Ajay Dec 02 '20 at 05:42
will check the method. – Ambady Ajay Dec 02 '20 at 05:45
please see my code snippet above. It might help you. – dhruw lalan Dec 02 '20 at 05:45
could you also tell me how to get more knowledge in regex. – Ambady Ajay Dec 02 '20 at 05:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '20 at 05:50

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If you want to spell out the exact months, here is the regex I came up with:

var dates = text.match(/\d{2}-(jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec)-\d{4}/gi);

Fiddle, for example, which outputs to the console:

answered Dec 02 '20 at 05:50

Tore

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