python regex group example

import re

template = "(?P<DATE>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}) (?P<TIME>\d\d:\d\d:\d\d) (?P<MODULE>[a-z0-9_]*.py) (?P<LOG_MESSAGE>.*)"
example = "2014-03-01 15:33:43 my_module.py some test log message"

matches = re.search(template, example)
date = matches.group('DATE')
time = matches.group('TIME')
module = matches.group('MODULE')
message = matches.group('LOG_MESSAGE')

print("DATE:", date, "TIME:", time, "MODULE:", module, "MSG:", message)