match a timestamp based on regex pattern matching scala - regex

Question

I wrote the following code :
val reg = "([\\d]{4})-([\\d]{2})-([\\d]{2})(T)([\\d]{2}):([\\d]{2})".r
val dataExtraction: String => Map[String, String] = {
string: String => {
string match {
case reg(year, month, day, symbol, hour, minutes) =>
Map(YEAR -> year, MONTH -> month, DAY -> day, HOUR -> hour)
case _ => Map(YEAR -> "", MONTH -> "", DAY -> "", HOUR -> "")
}
}
}
val YEAR = "YEAR"
val MONTH = "MONTH"
val DAY = "DAY"
val HOUR = "HOUR"
This function is supposed to be applied to strings having the following format: 2018-08-22T19:10:53.094Z
When I call the function :
dataExtractions("2018-08-22T19:10:53.094Z")

Answer 1

Your pattern, for all its deficiencies, does work. You just have to unanchor it.
val reg = "([\\d]{4})-([\\d]{2})-([\\d]{2})(T)([\\d]{2}):([\\d]{2})".r.unanchored
. . .
dataExtraction("2018-08-22T19:10:53.094Z")
//res0: Map[String,String] = Map(YEAR -> 2018, MONTH -> 08, DAY -> 22, HOUR -> 19)
But the comment from #CAustin is correct, you could just let the Java LocalDateTime API handle all the heavy lifting.
import java.time.LocalDateTime
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter._
val dt = LocalDateTime.parse("2018-08-22T19:10:53.094Z", ISO_DATE_TIME)
Now you have access to all the data without actually saving it to a Map.
dt.getYear //res0: Int = 2018
dt.getMonthValue //res1: Int = 8
dt.getDayOfMonth //res2: Int = 22
dt.getHour //res3: Int = 19
dt.getMinute //res4: Int = 10
dt.getSecond //res5: Int = 53

Answer 2

Your pattern matches only strings that look exactly like yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm, while the one you are testing against has milliseconds and a Z at the end.
You can append .* at the end of your pattern to cover strings that have additional characters at the end.
In addition, let me show you a more idiomatic way of writing your code:
// Create a type for the data instead of using a map.
case class Timestamp(year: Int, month: Int, day: Int, hour: Int, minutes: Int)
// Use triple quotes to avoid extra escaping.
// Don't capture parts that you will not use.
// Add .* at the end to account for milliseconds and timezone.
val reg = """(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}).*""".r
// Instead of empty strings, use Option to represent a value that can be missing.
// Convert to Int after parsing.
def dataExtraction(str: String): Option[Timestamp] = str match {
case reg(y, m, d, h, min) => Some(Timestamp(y.toInt, m.toInt, d.toInt, h.toInt, min.toInt))
case _ => None
}
// It works!
dataExtraction("2018-08-22T19:10:53.094Z") // => Some(Timestamp(2018,8,22,19,10))