var obj = {Date: new Date()};
var objSer = JSON.stringify(obj);
var objDeser = JSON.parse(objSer);
var objJqDeser = $.parseJSON(objSer);

function getYear(value){
  try{
     return value.getYear();
  }
  catch(err){
    return err;
  }
}

$("#orig").text("Orig Year: " + getYear(obj.Date));
$("#deser").text("Deser Year: " + getYear(objDeser.Date));
$("#jqDeser").text("JqDeser Year: " + getYear(objJqDeser.Date));

// JSON date deserializer
// use as the second, 'reviver' argument to JSON.parse();

if (window.JSON && !window.JSON.dateParser) {
    var reISO = /^(d{4})-(d{2})-(d{2})T(d{2}):(d{2}):(d{2}(?:.d*))(?:Z|(+|-)([d|:]*))?$/;
    var reMsAjax = /^/Date((d|-|.*))[/|\]$/;

    JSON.dateParser = function (key, value) {
        // first, just make sure the property is a string:
        if (typeof value === 'string') {
            // then, use regex to see if it's an ISO-formatted string
            var a = reISO.exec(value);
            if (a) {
                // if so, Date() can parse it:
                return new Date(value);
            }
            // otherwise, see if it's a wacky Microsoft-format string:
            a = reMsAjax.exec(value);
            if (a) {
                // and perform some jujitsu to make use of it:
                var b = a[1].split(/[-+,.]/);
                return new Date(b[0] ? +b[0] : 0 - +b[1]);
            }
            // here, you could insert any additional tests and parse instructions you like, for other date syntaxes...
        }
        // important: you need to return any values you're not parsing, or they die...
        return value;
    };
}

// use: JSON.parse(json,JSON.dateParser);

var jsonDates = {
  dtrx2: /d{4}-d{2}-d{2}/,
  parse: function(obj){
      var parsedObj = JSON.parse(obj);
      return this.parseDates(parsedObj);
  },
  parseDates: function(obj){
    // iterate properties
    for(pName in obj){

      // make sure the property is 'truthy'
      if (obj[pName]){
        var value = obj[pName];
        // determine if the property is an array
        if (Array.isArray(value)){
          for(var ii = 0; ii < value.length; ii++){
            this.parseDates(value[ii]);
          }
        }
        // determine if the property is an object
        else if (typeof(value) == "object"){
          this.parseDates(value);
        }
        // determine if the property is a string containing a date
        else if (typeof(value) == "string" && this.dtrx2.test(value)){
          // parse and replace
          obj[pName] = new Date(obj[pName]);
        }
      }
    }

    return obj;
  }
};

var curDate = new Date();
document.write(curDate); //Mon Feb 01 2016 12:57:12 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

var dateStr = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(curDate));
document.write(dateStr);//2016-02-01T18:59:35.375Z

var date = new Date(curDate);
document.write(date); //Mon Feb 01 2016 12:59:35 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

String.prototype.getYear = function() {
    return Date.parse(this).getYear();
};
var obj = {date: new Date()};
var dtObj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
console.log(dtObj.date.getYear());

var JSON_parse = JSON.parse;
JSON.parse = function(str) {
    var res = JSON_parse(str);
    findAndConvertStringsToDates(res);
    return res;
}

(function() {
    var jsonParse = JSON.parse;
    var reDate = /^d{4}-d{2}-d{2}Td{2}:d{2}:d{2}.d{3}Z$/i;
    function jsonDate(obj) {
        var type = typeof(obj);
        if(type == 'object') {
            for(var p in obj)
                if(obj.hasOwnProperty(p))
                    obj[p] = jsonDate(obj[p]);
            return obj;
        } else if(type == 'string' && reDate.test(obj)) {
            return new Date(obj);
        }
        return obj;
    }
    JSON.parse = function(str) { return jsonDate(jsonParse(str)); }
})();
/*
 * Tests
 */
var dt = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({date: new Date()}));
console.log(typeof(dt.date));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(null)));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(123)));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify("test")));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(new Date())));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify([1,new Date(),2])));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({d: new Date(), d2: {d3: new Date(), d4: [0,new Date(),4]}})));