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var value   = "04/01/2015 8:48PM";

console.log(convert(value))

function convert(date) {
    var dateArr = date.split(/[\s\/\:]/);
    
    if (dateArr[4].toLowerCase().indexOf('pm') != -1) 
        dateArr[3] = (+dateArr[3]) + 12;
    
    dateArr[4] = dateArr[4].replace(/\D/g,'');
    dateArr[0]--;
    
    return new Date(dateArr[2], dateArr[0], dateArr[1], dateArr[3], dateArr[4]);
}