Regular Expression To Match Names Of The Days Of The Week

A regular expression that matches the various names of the days of the week. This could be useful in checking if the user inputs a valid Day Of the Week.

/\b(?:Tue(?:sday)?|Wed(?:nesday)?|Thu(?:rsday)?|Sat(?:urday)?|(Mon|Fri|Sun)(?:day)?)/gi

Matches:

  • Tue
  • Tuesday
  • tuesday

Non-matches:

  • Tu
  • Tues
  • May

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