new Date(2013, 9, 9) is eval-able, though of course Javascript is hampered by having standardized a clumsy API that predates Joda-Time (e.g., days are one-base

new Date(2013, 9, 9) is eval-able, though of course Javascript is hampered by having standardized a clumsy API that predates Joda-Time (e.g., days are one-based but months are zero-based) and it's far too late to get JSON implementations to support any constructor or function calls. Also odd that the spec only has the railroad diagrams from json.org, when any implementor would find the BNF grammar more code-ready and probably easier to follow.