JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datejs/1.0/date.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

var yourDateString = '2016-01-12';
var yourDate = new Date(yourDateString);
console.log(yourDate);
if (yourDate.getTimezoneOffset() > 0){
	yourDate = new Date(yourDateString).addMinutes(yourDate.getTimezoneOffset());
}
console.log(yourDate);