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Here’s a concise implementation for parsing UTC date strings in ISO 8601 format into Date objects in the local time zone.

function parseIsoDate(s) {
    var tokens = /(\d{4})-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\.(\d+)/
        .exec(s).slice(1);
    tokens[1] -= 1;
    return new Date(Date.UTC.apply(null, tokens));
}

The new Date(Date.UTC.apply(null, tokens)) trick allows the direct usage of an array of date components for the construction of a new Date instance.

The following cryptic bit of JavaScript is actual code that I’ve used as a workaround to a very specific issue. The issue I was having was with anchor links not pointing to the right place on the page.

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The official “Universal Code” that is suggested by Disqus for embedding the comment widget injects a new <script> element into the page and looks a bit messy. The embedding can be achieved with cleaner code using jQuery’s JSONP support.

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