trentrichardson#585 add ability to setDate with date string

Author: trentrichardson

jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js

@@ -1566,6 +1566,13 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if(typeof(date) === 'string'){
+			date = new Date(date);
+			if(!date.getTime()){
+				$.timepicker.log("Error creating Date object from string.");
+			}
+		}
+
 		var tp_inst = this._get(inst, 'timepicker'),
 			tp_date = (date instanceof Date) ? new Date(date.getTime()) : date;