# help needed on validation format

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/help-needed-on-validation-format/6452>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [December 29, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/help-needed-on-validation-format/6452 "2006-12-29T07:58:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdswift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@jdswift](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jdswift)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/help-needed-on-validation-format/6452/1 "2006-12-29T07:58:58Z")

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I think you want:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/^\d,[\w\s]+,\d\d:\d\d:\d\d$/

That will validate for: 15,Some product description,12:10:06