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I'm trying to do a Find and Replace action on my subtitles timings. I need to add an hour digit to all my timings. SRT files should display HH:MM:SS:FFF not MM:SS:FFF, as these are for WEBVTT files. I have added an example set of timings below.

This is my original layout 00:08.853 --> 00:11.158

This is the layout i desire 00:00:08.853 --> 00:00:11.158

Notice i have added an extra 00 to the beginning of each timing.

Can anyone help me with what formula I need to use in order to find all 00:00.000 --> 00:00.000 occurrences, barring in mind the exact numbers will change but the layout stays the same.

I've tried the following but the results come up as 0 occurrences:

Find ??:??.??? --> ??:??.???

Replace 00:??:??.??? --> 00:??:??.???

I would have just replaced all words with " 00:" with " 00:00". Notice the extra leading space. — Flying Gambit, Jul 28 '16 at 12:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '16 at 12:56

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Hit Ctrl+H & tick Regular Expression

Find: \b(\d\d:\d\d\.)

(Find a word boundary, 2 digits, a colon, 2 digits, a period)

Replace with: 00:\1

answered Jul 28 '16 at 12:56

Alex K.

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Excellent that has worked perfectly. Thanks for your help – Ianlam Jul 28 '16 at 14:12

Search string on numbers on Notepad++

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