#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index.php3?s=14:Mar:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-19&-18&2

$txt='14:Mar:2019 "This is an Example!"';

$re1='((?:(?:[0-2]?\\d{1})|(?:[3][01]{1}))[-:\\/.](?:Jan(?:uary)?|Feb(?:ruary)?|Mar(?:ch)?|Apr(?:il)?|May|Jun(?:e)?|Jul(?:y)?|Aug(?:ust)?|Sep(?:tember)?|Sept|Oct(?:ober)?|Nov(?:ember)?|Dec(?:ember)?)[-:\\/.](?:(?:[1]{1}\\d{1}\\d{1}\\d{1})|(?:[2]{1}\\d{3})))(?![\\d])';	# DDMMMYYYY 1
$re2='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re3='is';	# Uninteresting: var
$re4='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re5='(is)';	# Variable Name 1
$re6='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re7='(an)';	# Variable Name 2

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $ddmmmyyyy1=$1;
    $var1=$2;
    $var2=$3;
    print "($ddmmmyyyy1) ($var1) ($var2) \n";
}

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