Is the Javascript date object always one day off?

Question

In my Java Script app I have the date stored in a format like so:

2011-09-24

Now when I try using the above value to create a new Date obje

Answer 1

To normalize the date and eliminate the unwanted offset (tested here : https://jsfiddle.net/7xp1xL5m/ ):

var doo = new Date("2011-09-24");
console.log(  new Date( doo.getTime() + Math.abs(doo.getTimezoneOffset()*60000) )  );
// Output: Sat Sep 24 2011 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

This also accomplishes the same and credit to @tpartee (tested here : https://jsfiddle.net/7xp1xL5m/1/ ):

var doo = new Date("2011-09-24");
console.log( new Date( doo.getTime() - doo.getTimezoneOffset() * -60000 )  );