HELP NEEDED ... Regd. Regular expressions PyQt

[timothy.kellogg at gmail.com]

On Feb 3, 11:40 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
> In <mailman.3499.1170501188.32031.python-l... at python.org>, vishal wrote:
> > I am trying to work out a regular expression in a PyQt environment for
> > time in hh:mm:ss format. Any suggestions?
>
> Maybe don't use a re for something that simple.  Splitting at ``:``
> characters, converting to `int` and checking the value ranges isn't that
> hard without a regular expression.
>
> Ciao,
>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

Except that if a full regex is used, the pattern can be matched or
denied and pull out the important information simultaneously. Here's a
simple regex that would work:

(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2})

but here's one that works only for the 12 hour clock:

((1[012])|(0?\d)):([0-5]?\d):([0-5]?\d)

and one for the 24 hour clock:

((2[0-4])|([01]?\d)):([0-5]?\d):([0-5]?\d)

I hope this helps

--Tim