title: JS: new Date() is not accepting date string in my own locale (d/m/y)
body: <p>My browser (ie. my OS) should know I'm in Australia and what the correct date format is. In this case, d/m/y, not m/d/y. However if I run the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>alert(new Date("21/11/1968"))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The result is "Thu Sep 11 1969". It is thinking the month comes first and adjusting accordingly.</p>
  
  <p>Why is this? Is the answer to always use a universal format as input to date functions, or is there a way to tell the browser to expect dates input in my locale format?</p>