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Python (even in 2):

  >>> import re
  >>> pattern = re.compile(r"([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2}) ([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})")
  >>> results = pattern.match('1973-01-05 09:30:00')
  >>> results.groups()
  ('1973', '01', '05', '09', '30', '00')
  >>> (y, m, d, h, min, s) = results.groups()
(`results` will be None if the regex didn't match)

Regexes are one of those things where, once you understand it (and capture groups in particular) and it's available in the language you're working in, string-splitting usually doesn't feel right anymore.



I believe all of the people in this thread understand regexes extremely well. :-)

There is a lot of reasonable room to disagree about when and where regexes should be used.




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