Python str.strip() with regex filtering unexpected characters

Question

I\'m running into an issue that I hope is simple, however I\'ve run into a wall trying to figure it out. I\'m attempting to strip the DateTime timestamp from the beginning

Answer 1

if you have repeat items with same pattern in your string, you can use regex find all the match then replace it to empty string

import re
pattern = r'\[\w{3} \w{3} \d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \d{4}\] '
for p in re.findall(pattern,line):
   line = line.replace(p,'')