xpath - find datetimes textnodes

Question

I have some XML with elements that contain values with mixed data types. For example:

<someroot>
    <event>
        <dt>21.10.15 08:00</dt>
    </event>
    <event>
        <dt>10:00</dt>
    </event>
    <event>
        <dt>21/10/15 08:00</dt>
    </event>
</someroot>

How can I find all the text nodes that contain only datetime values? Note that dt elements can be at different depths and may just contain times.

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This might put you on the right track ~ [Can I use a Regex in an XPath expression?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/405060/can-i-use-a-regex-in-an-xpath-expression) — Phil, Aug 28 '15 at 00:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '17 at 06:40

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Xpath doesn't provide ways to find text nodes by mask/regex But it has usefull functions like starts-with(),ends-with()

answered May 12 '17 at 06:40

Артем Антонов

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xpath - find datetimes textnodes

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