- // Let the system try the format first.
- d = Dygraph.dateStrToMillis(dateStr);
- if (d && !isNaN(d)) return d;
+ // Let the system try the format first, with one caveat:
+ // YYYY-MM-DD[ HH:MM:SS] is interpreted as UTC by a variety of browsers.
+ // dygraphs displays dates in local time, so this will result in surprising
+ // inconsistencies. But if you specify "T" or "Z" (i.e. YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS),
+ // then you probably know what you're doing, so we'll let you go ahead.
+ // Issue: http://code.google.com/p/dygraphs/issues/detail?id=255
+ if (dateStr.search("-") == -1 ||
+ dateStr.search("T") != -1 || dateStr.search("Z") != -1) {
+ d = Dygraph.dateStrToMillis(dateStr);
+ if (d && !isNaN(d)) return d;
+ }