datepicker date off by one day

Question

The date returned by date picker is off by one day. Is it a problem in my code or is it a bug?

The date sent to date_picker is 2012-03-21. The date returned by dat

Answer 1

Seems to be a bug. If the string sent to Date() is formatted as 2012/03/21 instead of 2012-03-21. The date seems right.

Answer 2

You can add the difference to the date which will essentially ignore whatever the timezone is.

d.setTime( d.getTime() + d.getTimezoneOffset()*60*1000 );