new Date() works differently in Chrome and Firefox

Question

I want to convert date string to Date by javascript, use this code:

var date = new Date(\'2013-02-27T17:00:00\');
alert(date);

Answer 1

The correct format for UTC would be 2013-02-27T17:00:00Z (Z is for Zulu Time). Append Z if not present to get correct UTC datetime string.