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Regex for Month Name

Regex Pattern

^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$

Full English month name

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for month name is `^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$`. Full English month name. This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
January✓ Matches
February✓ Matches
December✓ Matches
Jan✗ No match
january✗ No match
Decembe✗ No match
13✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^(?:January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

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