[flexcoders] Date issue - need to create date out of string like xxxx-xx-xx from XML

[Andrew Jones]

Hello - 
I am having an issue creating a valid Flex Date object from a value 
returned to my app in XML.  The returned value is 2008-09-14 (year-
month-day), and no matter how I try, I can't create a valid date 
object from this.  

Has anyone ever had to do something similar, or have any ideas on what 
I might do?

Andrew