Item Validation using Regular Expression

Hi,
I am trying to apply a Validation to a text field item, with the type as Regular Expression.
The text input into the field should be in a HH:MM:SS format, ie 05:30:00 (for 5:30am).
The text I am placing in the 'Validation Expression 2' box is:
[0-2][0-9]\:[0-5][0-9]\:[0-5][0-9]
This doesn't seem to work and I get an error message when I enter text in the correct format.
I have even tried to use other comparisons, for example:
or
.{8}
but these still give me an error message.
Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for your help Flavio, the Regular Expression tool is really helpful.
When I use this tool to compare strings with my regular expression, I get output = TRUE, which means I'm getting it right, but for some reason when I copy the same Regular Expression syntax into APEX, it doesn't work.
I try to input correct strings into the field that is validated by the Reg Expr, but it still gives me an error.
It seems to be something I am doing wrong within the application, but I can't figure out what I'm missing.
I am creating an Item Level Validation with details:
Type: Regular Expression
Validation Expression 1: P23_BUS_DAY_COVERAGE_START
Validation Expression 2: ^(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-3])):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]$
Has anyone had similar problems using regualr expression validation in APEX?

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Hi All,
I am new to regular expressions and am trying to learn about them.
As practice I am trying to develop a query to filter out invalid e-mail id's eg:-
<some-name>.<some-name1>@gmail.com - VALID
<some-name>_<some-name1>@gmail.com - VALID
<some-name>@<some-name1>@gmail.com - INVALID
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I would recomend you to look at
http://psoug.org/reference/regexp.html
And will you find answers of your questions...
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1. [A-Za-z0-9._%+-]Here why is %+- included in the pattern?
Are they parts of a valid email-id?[char] Indicates a character list; most metacharacters inside a character list are understood as literals, with the exception of character classes, and the ^ and - metacharacters. Yes they are a part of valid email.
2 +@What is this part doing?
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3 \.Is this used to validate the . as in .com ? Point (.) by himself means One character (whenever which one). By typing \. you want to see exactly point.. \ "takes" from point "command power" and point(.) become simple character.
4 {2,4}
Emails end in .com then what is the use of putting this range {2,4}?{m, n} Match at least m times but no more than n times.
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select '[email protected]'       as val from dual union all
select 'ad{[email protected]' as val from dual union ALL
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Try this regular expression:
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>> [email protected], *Y*
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>> ad{[email protected], N
>> [email protected], *Y*
>> [email protected], *Y*
>> [email protected], N
>> no#good, N
[Using a regular expression to validate an email address|http://stackoverflow.com/questions/201323/using-a-regular-expression-to-validate-an-email-address]
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