javascript date object issue in Safari and IE

Question

I am taking a date from a JSON object in the format of 2012-12-31 and trying to convert it into friendly values and output it.

    var redeemableDate = item.         


        

Answer 1

Combining jacks and joe larson's response, the following code worked well for me:

        $scope.formatDate = function(date){
                var date = date.split("-").join("/");
                var dateOut = new Date(date);
                return dateOut;
        }; 

works well for Chrome and Safari... :)
Thanks Jack and joe larson!!!