ISO 8601 date formatting

Hi, all.

Using the standard Ember ‘date’ type in my model, I was unable to get Ember to correctly read and store dates in ISO 8601 format. This worked for me:

http://blog.fluidapps.ca/formatting-dates-with-ember-js-handlebars-and-moment-js/

Why is that necessary? If I interpret the Ember guide properly, Ember expects ISO 8601. What’s the deal?

TIA.