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/^(\d{4,5}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]))$/gmJavaScript+04 years ago✓ Pre-loaded

About this regex

Matches date strings formatted as YYYY-MM-DD or YYYYY-MM-DD, validating the year (4-5 digits), month (01-12), and day (01-31) separated by dashes. Supports global and multiline matching, making it useful for validating or extracting dates across multiple lines of text.

date validation yyyy-mm-dd format

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