Regular expression for matching HH:MM time format

Question

I want a regexp for matching time in HH:MM format. Here\'s what I have, and it works:

^[0-2][0-3]:[0-5][0-9]$

This matches everything from

Answer 1

Regular Expressions for Time

• HH:MM 12-hour format, optional leading 0

    /^(0?[1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5][0-9]$/
  

• HH:MM 12-hour format, optional leading 0, mandatory meridiems (AM/PM)

    /((1[0-2]|0?[1-9]):([0-5][0-9]) ?([AaPp][Mm]))/
  

• HH:MM 24-hour with leading 0

   /^(0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$/
  

• HH:MM 24-hour format, optional leading 0

   /^([0-9]|0[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$/
  

• HH:MM:SS 24-hour format with leading 0

   /(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):(?:[0-5]\d):(?:[0-5]\d)/
  

Reference and Demo