Incorrect date shown in new Date() in JavaScript

Question

This is what I get in chrome console. I pass \"2016-09-05\"(YYYY-MM-DD) as the date and it shows me Sept 4,2016 as the date.

Another constructor shows the

Answer 1

use setFullYear the syntax is Date.setFullYear(year,month,day)

mydate = new Date();
mydate.setFullYear(2016, 08, 05);