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  1. import re
  2.  
  3.  
  4. day = r'(?:((?:0?[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])(?:\s*(?:st|[rn]d|th))?)\s*)?'
  5. month = r'(Jan(?:uary)?|Feb(?:ruary)?|Mar(?:ch)?|Apr(?:il)?|May|June?|July?|Aug(?:ust)?|Sep(?:t(?:ember)?)?|Oct(?:ober)?|Nov(?:ember)?|Dec(?:ember)?)' 
  6. year = r'(\d{2}(?:\d{2})?)'
  7. rx_valid = re.compile( fr'\b{day}{month}\s*{year}\s*[-—–]\s*{day}{month}\s*{year}(?!\d)', re.IGNORECASE )
  8. rx_ordinal = re.compile( r'\s*\d+\s*(?:st|[rn]d|th)', re.IGNORECASE )
  9.  
  10. lst = [
  11.     'July 2014 - 28th August 2014',
  12.     'Jan 2012 - 3rd sep 2014',
  13.     'Jan 2008 - May 2012',
  14.     'Jan 2008 and May 2012'
  15. ]
  16. for i in lst:
  17.     word = rx_valid.finditer(i)
  18.     for match in word:
  19.         print(rx_ordinal.sub("", match.group()))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9772KB
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July 2014 - August 2014
Jan 2012 - sep 2014
Jan 2008 - May 2012
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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