title: Stop javascript Date function from changing timezone offset
body: <p>So I have iso date time that need to be converted from a string to date object. How do I keep date from converting it to local browser timezone. </p>
  
  <pre><code>new Date('2013-07-18T17:00:00-05:00')
  Thu Jul 18 2013 18:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to get </p>
  
  <p>Thu Jul 18 2013 17:00:00 GMT-0500 (XX)</p>