Converts a Date string such as “2007-2-28 10:18:30” into a Date object:

1:

var strArray=str.split(" ");
var strDate=strArray[0].split("-");
var strTime=strArray[1].split(":");
var a=new Date(strDate[0],(strDate[1]-parseInt(1)),strDate[2],strTime[0],strTime[1],strTime[2])

2:

var s = "2005-12-15 09:41:30";
var d = new Date(Date.parse(s.replace(/-/g, "/")));