[rt-users] Help with validate code

[Kenneth Crocker]

Shawn,

I enter (without the quotes) "05/02/2011 03:29". There is a blank between
"2011" and "03:29".

I don't see why it doesn't like it?

Kenn
LBNL

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Shawn M Moore <sartak at bestpractical.com>wrote:

> (平成23/05/10 16:00), Kenneth Crocker wrote:
>
>> To list,
>>
>> I'm trying to ensure that a date & time entry for a custom field is
>> correct. I am using the following code in the validation box:
>>
>> (?#Date mm/dd/yyyy
>>
>> hh:mm-military)^((0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/(0[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])\/([1-2][0-9][0-9][0-9])
>> (0[0-9]|1[0-4]):(0[0-9]|1[0-9]))?$
>>
>> I also tried:
>>
>> (?#Date mm/dd/yyyy
>>
>> hh:mm-military)^((0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/(0[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])\/([1-2][0-9][0-9][0-9])
>> (0[1-9]|1[0-2]):(0[0-9]|1[0-9]))?$
>>
>> and that didn't work either. I get this error message:
>>
>> "Could not add new custom field value: Input must match [Date mm/dd/yyyy
>> hh:mm-military]".
>>
>>  I figured the problem was with my "time" code, but what do I know? ;-).
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Kenn
>> LBNL
>>
>
> Yeah, this looks like your regex is failing to match against whatever
> you're putting into the field.
>
> What values are you trying to put into this custom field that you expect to
> work?
>
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