jquery - parse string date to date object in javascript -

i have date in format: '04-aug-15'.

i want able date object in js, i'm trying this:

var date = new date(date.parse('04-aug-15', "mm/dd/yyyy")); 

but i'm getting invalid date error message.

any idea how can fix this?

just pass new date date string, , it'll turn date.

var stringdate='04-aug-15';  var date=new date(stringdate);    console.log(date);