Javascript date -> string vs numeric

by crosstalk

HTML

<div id="console-log"></div>

CSS

.console-line
{
    font-family: monospace;
    margin: 2px;
}

JavaScript

var consoleLine = "<p class=\"console-line\"></p>";
 
console = {
    log: function (text) {
        $("#console-log").append($(consoleLine).html(text));
    }
};

var date1 = new Date('1900-01-01')
console.log(date1);

var date2 = new Date(1900,1,1);
console.log(date2);