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(?#Calandar from January 1st 1 A.D to December 31, 9999 )(?# in yyyy-mm-dd format )(?!(?:1582\D10\D(?:0?[5-9]|1[0-4]))|(?#Missing days from 1582 )(?:1752\D0?9\D(?:0?[3-9]|1[0-3]))(?#or Missing days from 1752 )(?# both sets of missing days should not be in the same calendar so remove one or the other))(?n:^(?=\d)(?# the character at the beginning a the string must be a digit )((?'year'\d{4})(?'sep'[-./])(?'month'0?[1-9]|1[012])\k'sep'(?'day'(?<!(?:0?[469]|11).)31|(?<!0?2.)30|2[0-8]|1\d|0?[1-9]|(?# if feb 29th check for valid leap year )(?:(?<=(?!(?#exclude these years from leap year pattern ) 000[04](?#No year 0 and no leap year in year 4 )|(?:(?:1[^0-6]|[2468][^048]|[3579][^26])00)(?# centurial years > 1500 not evenly divisible by 400 are not leap year))(?:(?:\d\d)(?# century)(?:[02468][048]|[13579][26])(?#leap years))\k'sep'(?:0?2)\k'sep')|(?# else if not Feb 29 )(?<!\k'sep'(?:0?2)\k'sep')(?# and day not Feb 30 or 31 ))29)(?(?=\x20\d)\x20|$))?(?# if there is a space followed by a digit check for time )(?<time>((?# 12 hour format )(0?[1-9]|1[012])(?# hours )(:[0-5]\d){0,2}(?# optional minutes and seconds )(?i:\x20[AP]M)(?# required AM or PM ))|(?# 24 hour format )([01]\d|2[0-3])(?#hours )(:[0-5]\d){1,2})(?#required minutes optional seconds )?$)