Phone Numbers (\b\s?)((\+?\d{1}(-|\s|\.|_))((\(\d{3}\)|\d{3})(-|\s|\.|_)?)|((\(\d{3}\)|\d{3})(-|\s|\.|_)?))?(\d{3}(-|\s|\.|_)\d{4})(\b) This pattern will search for 7-digit phone numbers separated by punctuation marks, as well as leading area codes. For example: 555-1212 212.555.1212 1 (212) 555-1212 Credit Cards (\b)(((\d{4}(-|\s|\.|_)?){3}(\d{3,4}))|(\d{4}(-|\s|\.|_)?\d{6}(-|\s|\.|_)?\d{5}))(\b) This pattern will search for 16-digit credit card numbers, either consecutive or separated by punctuation marks. For example: 1234-5678-9012-3456 1234567890123456 1234 5678 9012 3456 Social Security Numbers (\b)((\d{3}(-|\s|\.|_)\d{2}(-|\s|\.|_)\d{4})|(\d{9}))(\b) This pattern will search for 9-digit social security numbers, either consecutive or 3 digits plus 2 digits plus 4 digits (separated by punctuation marks). For example: 123-45-6789 123456789 Email Addresses ([a-zA-Z0-9_])([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.])*@([a-zA-Z\-])+\.([a-zA-Z\.]+) This pattern will search for email addresses. For example: John.Doe@acme.com John_Doe_1234@acme.gov j-doe@marketing.acme.net Dates (\b)(((\d{1,2}(\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)){2}\d{2}(\d{2})?)|(\d{1,2}(st|nd|rd|th)?(\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)(jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec|january|february|march|april|june|july|august|september|october|november|december)((\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_|,)(\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)?\d{2}(\d{2})?)?)|((jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec|january|february|march|april|june|july|august|september|october|november|december)(\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)\d{1,2}(st|nd|rd|th)?((\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_|,)(\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)?\d{2}(\d{2})?)?)|(\d{2}(\d{2})?((\||\-|\.|\s|\\|/|_)\d{1,2}){2}))(\b) Numerical day/month or month/day, followed by year: 01-01-08 12/31/08 31.12.2008 Numerical year, followed by day/month or month/day: 08-01-01 08/12/31 2008-12-31 Month in words: 1st January 2008 1 Jan 08 January 1st 2008 Jan 1 08 Canadian Social Insurance Number (\b)((\d{3}(-|\s|\.|_)\d{3}(-|\s|\.|_)\d{3})|(\d{9}))(\b) This pattern will search for 9-digit Canadian Social Insurance numbers, either consecutive or 3 digits plus 3 digits plus 3 digits (separated by punctuation marks). For example: 123-456-789 123456789 Canadian Postal Code \b[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY][0-9][A-Z] [0-9][A-Z][0-9]\b This pattern will search Canadian Postal Codes with the pattern N9N 9N9 where N is an alphabetic character and 9 is numeric character (separated by a space). For example: K1A 0B1