Removing timestamps from transcriptions

[DeaD_EyE]

import re


timestamp = re.compile(r'\d{2}:\d{2} ') # <- the white space is a part of the timestamp
text = '''So from 12:23 that very moment you actually 12:25 actually continued the form of a choice, 12:28 that you kept going to the point of 12:30 no return, where you actually became who 12:33 you are now. 12:35 So you actually took part in 12:38 who you are now.'''

filtered_text = timestamp.sub('', text)
print(filtered_text)

Problem: 99:99 is also a valid match.

A better pattern:

timestamp = r'[012][0123456789]:[012345][0123456789] '
timestamp = r'[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d ' # short form

But this also allows values in timestamps like 25:00, which is an invalid time.

You can check each timestamp, if it's valid and if, then removing it.
The question is, do you need that?