We would like to know how to split date string '2012-11-02'.
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<body>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var date_string = "2012-11-02";
var first_try = new Date(date_string);
document.writeln(first_try.toDateString());
var date_split = date_string.split("-");
var second_try = new Date(date_split[0], +date_split[1]-3, date_split[2]);
document.writeln(second_try.toDateString());
</script><!--from w w w . j ava 2 s . com-->
</body>
</html>
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