title: jQuery Countdown error: returning NaN
body: <p>I'm using this jQuery countdown plugin: <a href="http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html" rel="nofollow">http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm trying this to set the countdown date: </p>
  
  <pre><code>var countdownValue = $('#countdown-value').text();
  alert(countdownValue);
  var newYear = new Date(countdownValue); 
  $('#countdown-l').countdown({until: newYear}); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Div to set value: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div id="countdown-value" style="display:none"&gt;2011, 07-1, 13&lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The alert is returning '2011, 07-1, 13'.</p>
  
  <p>That's what I have entered in the db, so that's correct. But the countdown is returning <code>NaN</code> for each number. However, if I directly enter <code>2011, 07-1, 13</code>, I get a working countdown. Are there hidden characters, or is this parsed a different way?</p>
  
  <p>I'm kinda lost here.  Any thoughts?</p>