string patternStr = @"^\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4} \d{2}:\d{2} \d{3}-\d{2}-\d{6}$"; ^ is beginning of line $ is end of line \d is any digit It should match the given string, although it will also match strings with invalid dates such as 99-99-2009 34:10 123-45-123456 But if you know that the datestring will always be correct and the important thing is the last bit, the pattern above should work fine (didnt test it though).

Hi Im building a parser for betting websites as a hobby project mainly for educational reasons. I have finished the underling design and database structure and can now parse a couple of websites that are easily parsable (such as Pinnaclesports which uses XML and Expekt where you can get all the odds on a single page). For a page like Expekt I load the page with the WebAii testing framework, which makes life a lot easier when it comes to getting the data from the webpage. But when it comes to websites which have nested tree stuctures and require a lot of clicks and no apparent way of showing lots of odds on a single page I am stuck, or really, I dont know where to begin. Example of such sites are Ladbrokes.com and Nordicbet.com (this one should be a lot easier) Because of the structure (of Ladbrokes), at any given time there will be maybee 2000+ different pages so it seems its not the best way to go to every page individually and parse them. This approach would also be incredibly slow, and I know that there are odds comparision sites out there that parses 80+ bookmakers serveral times every miunte. Thus there must be a better way, I just don´t know what it is and I haven´t found any information about how to do it. Is C# even a good language for this? Any pointers toward where I can begin to look after how to solve my problem or tips of good resources would be greatly appreciated.