how to turn date string into date object?

[ScotterMonk]

Hey folx. I have a date string like this "10/15/2003".
How do I turn that into a date object flash can use?
Here is the code I have to show you what I mean:

var s_date = "10/15/2003";
//i want to get s_date into format you see below
var myDate = new Date(2003,10,15);

As you can see above, I have 10/15/2003 in a string and sure I could write some string manipulation script to parse and grab each of the elements using the "/" as a delimiter but is there not a more elegant way? A function FlashMX already has for turning that into the date format of 2003,10,15?
If so, please tell me and show me the syntax.
Thanks!

[CyanBlue]

This is the similar one I was able to find...
http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=1104

[oldnewbie]

[pixelwit]

var s_date = "10/15/2003";
function dateStringToObject(dateString){
    var date_ar = dateString.split("/");
    return new Date(date_ar[2], date_ar[0]-1, date_ar[1]);
}
var myDateObj = dateStringToObject(s_date);
trace("myDateObj = "+myDateObj);

Doesn't look all that inelegant to me.

-PiXELWiT
http://www.pixelwit.com