Here are some useful regular expressions that should save some time.
US Phone Number - ((\(\d{3}\) ?)|(\d{3}-))?\d{3}-\d{4}
U.S. Zip Code - \d{5}(-\d{4})?
U.S. Social Security Number - \d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}
Internet URL - http(s)?://([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]+(/[\w- ./?%&=]*)?
Internet Email Address - \w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*
US Zip Code or Canada Postal Code - (^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$)|(^[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY]{1}\d{1}[A-Z]{1} *\d{1}[A-Z]{1}\d{1}$)
I will add more...Please suggest other useful ones you want to be listed here.