gistfile1.js

            fromString: function (dateString) {
                if (!dateString) { return new Date(); }

                // IE/Safari expects "2011/05/03 09:03:21-0500"
                if (dojo.isIE || dojo.isSafari) {
                    // Replace hyphens with forward slashes (2011-05-03 => 2011/05/03)
                    dateString = dateString.replace(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})/, "$1/$2/$3");
                    // Replace T prefixing time with a space (T09:03:21 => " 09:03:21")
                    dateString = dateString.replace(/T(\d+:\d+:\d+)/, " $1");
                    // Remove colon in timezone (-05:00 => -0500)
                    dateString = dateString.replace(/([\-\+])(\d+):(\d+)$/, "$1$2$3");
                }

                return new Date(dateString);
            },