C# Regex to match time

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I am trying to write a Regex to match the "time" (hh:mm:ss) for example 11:20:00, 18:02:22 or 6:00:00 .

I wrote the following but it does not work as expected. It matches when its the only thing in the string or if its the first value in the string. For example:

string timepattern = @"^([0-1]?\d|2[0-3])(?::([0-5]?\d))?(?::([0-5]?\d))?";
string value = "30.Jul.2019 This the line I want to match 15:04:09"
var returnedValue = Regex.Match(line, timepattern);

returnedValue would yield 3. But I want the whole time.

Possible duplicate of [Regular expression for matching HH:MM time format](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7536755/regular-expression-for-matching-hhmm-time-format) or of [Regex pattern for HH:MM:SS time string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8318236/regex-pattern-for-hhmmss-time-string) — Dean Taylor, Jul 26 '19 at 20:02

Nick Reed · Answer 1 · 2019-07-26T20:25:03.037

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If you only want the time and don't care about the rest of the line, it's ([0-1]?\d|2[0-3]):(?:([0-5]?\d))?:(?:([0-5]?\d))?

Try it here!

edited Jul 26 '19 at 20:25

answered Jul 26 '19 at 20:11

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '19 at 20:05

    string timepattern = @"(?:2[0-3]|[01]?[0-9])[:.][0-5]?[0-9][:.][0-5]?[0-9]";
    string value = "30.Jul.2019 This the line I want to match 15:04:09";
    var returnedValue = Regex.Match(value, timepattern);

I use the following web site to lookup regexs, it may be useful for you...

http://regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=time+hh%3amm%3ass&c=-1&m=-1&ps=20

Another nice information source, https://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html

C# Regex to match time

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