[Javascript] European Date Formatting?

[Paul McGuire]

Hi ALL,

I need to work out the number of days between two dates. However if I pass
01/02/02 into the below script it insists on working out a difference using
the date 2nd Jan 02 but as far as I am concerned (and millions of others)
the above date is infact 1st Feb 02. I have tried laterdate.toLocaleString()
but this does not seem to have any effect whatsoever. How am I meant to
force JavaScript to accept European formatted dates?

My Code:

var difference = laterdate.getTime() - earlierdate.getTime();

    var daysDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60/24);
    difference -= daysDifference*1000*60*60*24
    var hoursDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60);
    difference -= hoursDifference*1000*60*60
    var minutesDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60);
    difference -= minutesDifference*1000*60
    var secondsDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000);