JavaScript function to set ISO date format reliably for across browsers. Resolves a problem with ie8 javascript date parser: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12305039/net-webapi-iso-datetime-and-ie8

parseISO8601

/**Parses string formatted as YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ 
 * or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ (for IE8), to a Date object.
 * If the supplied string does not match the format, an 
 * invalid Date (value NaN) is returned.
 * @param {string} dateStringInRange format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ, 
 * or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ - Zulu (UTC) Time Only,
 * with year in range of 0000-9999, inclusive. 
 * @return {Date} Date object representing the string.
 */

function parseISO8601(dateStringInRange) {
    var isoExp = /^\s*(\d{4})-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d).*Z\s*$/,
        date = new Date(NaN), month,
        parts = isoExp.exec(dateStringInRange);
    if (parts) {
        month = +parts[2];
        date.setUTCFullYear(parts[1], month - 1, parts[3]);
        date.setUTCHours(parts[4]);
        date.setUTCMinutes(parts[5]);
        date.setUTCSeconds(parts[6]);
        if(month != date.getMonth() + 1) {
            date.setTime(NaN);
        }
    }
    return date;
}