What does it mean at the beginning of a js regular expression? =, and no? = makes no difference?

like
/ (? = (YYYY | YY | MM | DD | HH | mm | ss | ms))\ 1 ([:\ /] *) /
and
/ (YYYY | YY | DD | HH | mm | ss | ms) ([:\ /] *) /

?=

, I don"t know what"s the obvious difference between the two. Is there a great god who can answer it?
the original code is as follows:

Mar.14,2022

advance assertion

Syntax: (? = pattern)

case: matches the string x, but x must be followed by y

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MySQL Query : SELECT * FROM `codeshelper`.`v9_news` WHERE status=99 AND catid='6' ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5
MySQL Error : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1e48366-44c89.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
MySQL Errno : 1021
Message : Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-64f5-1e48366-44c89.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device")
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