var date = '06-12-2015',
            parts = date.split('-')
            parsedDate = new Date(),
            year = 2015,
            month = 0,
            day= 1;

        year = parseInt(parts[2], 10);
        month = parseInt(parts[0][1], 10)-1;
        day = parseInt(parts[1], 10);

        parsedDate.setFullYear(year, month, day);