Object.create not supported in ie8

Question

I came across an issue with a plugin that uses object.create in jquery to create a date dropdown. I just noticed in IE 8 that it is throwing an error of:

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Answer 1

This will make Object.create() work in IE 8.

I tried the shim/sham but that didn't work for me.

if (typeof Object.create !== 'function') {
 Object.create = function(o, props) {
  function F() {}
  F.prototype = o;

  if (typeof(props) === "object") {
   for (prop in props) {
    if (props.hasOwnProperty((prop))) {
     F[prop] = props[prop];
    }
   }
  }
  return new F();
 };
}