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

Storing yyyy-mm-dd in MySql Date format you must do the following:

const newDate = new Date( yourDate.getTime() + Math.abs(yourDate.getTimezoneOffset()*60000) );
console.log(newDate.toJSON().slice(0, 10)); // yyyy-mm-dd