using System; using System.Text; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Test { public static void Main() { string text = "Date of Hire: November 2, 2015
"; string foundMatch = "No match found"; Regex dateFormat = new Regex("(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December) [0-9]{1,2}, [0-9]{4}"); MatchCollection matches = dateFormat.Matches(text); if(matches.Count > 0) { foundMatch = matches[0].ToString(); } Console.WriteLine(foundMatch); } }