Extract date from string - react native

Question

Currently, I am working on receipt scanning app. I need a date from an extracted text:

So the date format is fixed. So how can I use regx to extract date?

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Dane · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-14T12:13:01.773

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A simple RegEx to capture the dates in this format would be

/\s\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\s/

and then use String.prototype.trim() to trim away leading and trailing whitespaces.

Using:

/\s[0123]\d\/[01]\d\/\d\d\s/

provides a little more validation, removing invalid months and days.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 12:13

answered Nov 14 '17 at 12:06

Dane

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