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Challenge #4: Date Parsing

caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
‎05-20-2023 08:59 PM

Solved!

 

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Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
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LorenzNacilla
8 - Asteroid
‎05-21-2023 04:57 AM

First time working with Regex. Bit of a tricky one :)

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rachel_lynch
Alteryx
Alteryx
‎05-22-2023 06:20 AM
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Rachel Lynch
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matthewblandford
8 - Asteroid
‎05-22-2023 02:44 PM

Fun RegEx example!

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SaraHamdoun
8 - Asteroid
‎05-23-2023 06:49 AM
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Here's my solution:

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logdog0411
9 - Comet
‎05-29-2023 08:46 AM
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Love a good RegEx/Parsing challenge!

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nbilal
7 - Meteor
‎05-29-2023 01:20 PM

My solution is attached

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Computernerd
8 - Asteroid
‎06-02-2023 07:11 AM

Difficult is right!  I had to learn RegEx to do this.  My solution was a little different than the one posted but it worked fine. 

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SBezella
7 - Meteor
‎06-06-2023 09:17 AM

My solution is attached.  While the outcome is the same as the provided solution, the steps differ.

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trepryor
8 - Asteroid
‎06-07-2023 06:22 AM

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