//Code credit: http://blog.dansnetwork.com/2008/11/01/javascript-iso8601rfc3339-date-parser/
Date.prototype.setISO8601 = function(dString){

var regexp = /(\d\d\d\d)(-)?(\d\d)(-)?(\d\d)(T)?(\d\d)(:)?(\d\d)(:)?(\d\d)(\.\d+)?(Z|([+-])(\d\d)(:)?(\d\d))/;

if (dString.toString().match(new RegExp(regexp))) {
var d = dString.match(new RegExp(regexp));
var offset = 0;

this.setUTCDate(1);
this.setUTCFullYear(parseInt(d[1],10));
this.setUTCMonth(parseInt(d[3],10) - 1);
this.setUTCDate(parseInt(d[5],10));
this.setUTCHours(parseInt(d[7],10));
this.setUTCMinutes(parseInt(d[9],10));
this.setUTCSeconds(parseInt(d[11],10));
if (d[12])
this.setUTCMilliseconds(parseFloat(d[12]) * 1000);
else
this.setUTCMilliseconds(0);
if (d[13] != 'Z') {
offset = (d[15] * 60) + parseInt(d[17],10);
offset *= ((d[14] == '-') ? -1 : 1);
this.setTime(this.getTime() - offset * 60 * 1000);
}
}
else {
this.setTime(Date.parse(dString));
}
return this;
};