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Python ISO8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) regex and testing script, handling leap years
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| import datetime | |
| import re | |
| # https://regexlib.com/REDetails.aspx?regexp_id=3344&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 | |
| # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3143070/javascript-regex-iso-datetime/7221570#7221570 | |
| re_iso8601date = r'^(?:(?=[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00|[0-9][0-9]0[48]|[0-9][0-9][2468][048]|[0-9][0-9][13579][26])\d{4}(?:(-|)(?:(?:00[1-9]|0[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-9][0-9]|3[0-5][0-9]|36[0-6])|(?:01|03|05|07|08|10|12)(?:\1(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]))?|(?:04|06|09|11)(?:\1(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30))?|02(?:\1(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]))?|W(?:0[1-9]|[1-4][0-9]|5[0-3])(?:\1[1-7])?))?)$|^(?:(?![02468][048]00|[13579][26]00|[0-9][0-9]0[48]|[0-9][0-9][2468][048]|[0-9][0-9][13579][26])\d{4}(?:(-|)(?:(?:00[1-9]|0[1-9][0-9]|[1-2][0-9][0-9]|3[0-5][0-9]|36[0-5])|(?:01|03|05|07|08|10|12)(?:\2(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]))?|(?:04|06|09|11)(?:\2(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30))?|(?:02)(?:\2(?:0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]))?|W(?:0[1-9]|[1-4][0-9]|5[0-3])(?:\2[1-7])?))?)$' | |
| for yyyy in range(1000, 3001): | |
| for mm in range(1, 13): | |
| for dd in range(1, 32): | |
| yyyy_mm_dd = f'{yyyy:04d}-{mm:02d}-{dd:02d}' | |
| re_valid = re.fullmatch(re_iso8601date, yyyy_mm_dd) is not None | |
| valid = False | |
| try: | |
| datetime.date.fromisoformat(yyyy_mm_dd) | |
| valid = True | |
| except: | |
| valid = False | |
| assert valid == re_valid, yyyy_mm_dd |
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