split dates to include in a JS function

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I have a date of the following format:

$date='04/09/2012';

How can i split it so that I can each one of them separately to use it in a JS function.

var myDate =  new Date(2012, 4, 9);

 

NOTE: javascript months run from 0 to 11 for Jan to Dec.

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Never mind..here is what i did.

$split_date=explode("/",$date);

echo "0: ".$split_date[0]."<br>";

echo "1: ".$split_date[1]."<br>";

echo "2: ".$split_date[2]."<br>";