MY fiddle here is returning 0 for December
http://jsfiddle.net/3CpXz/
var exploded = \"2011-12-25\".split(\'-\'); var d = new Date(exploded[0], explo
December is 11 in the Date Object. You'll have to subtract 1 to make it 0-indexed.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_getutcmonth.asp