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Challenge #4: Date Parsing

DavidP
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Now I'm all regexed out!

mreynard
7 - Meteor
 
SevenConsulting
6 - Meteoroid
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The core of my solution was to parse the different date styles with Regex (I parsed into 5 groupings rather than 3 to handle the 2-digit years, etc easier). I rearranged each grouping to the correct format and converted the alpha months to numeric (YYYY-MM-DD). 

urgatorb8
6 - Meteoroid

Finished

Walsh67
8 - Asteroid

My solution...

LelandM
6 - Meteoroid

Finished

ksheerasagarm
8 - Asteroid

Here is the Solution for Challenge 4

Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Number 4, hope one day I'll speak RegEx fluently

krehbieh
6 - Meteoroid

Attached is my solutions. First time using RegEx!

nnilz
8 - Asteroid

solution uploaded