diff --git a/lib/cookie.js b/lib/cookie.js
index 19953927..027d9fb8 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.js
+++ b/lib/cookie.js
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
   if (!str) {
     return;
   }
-  var found_time, found_dom, found_month, found_year;
 
   /* RFC6265 S5.1.1:
    * 2. Process each date-token sequentially in the order the date-tokens
@@ -98,6 +97,13 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
     return;
   }
 
+  var hour = null;
+  var minutes = null;
+  var seconds = null;
+  var day = null;
+  var month = null;
+  var year = null;
+
   var date = new Date();
   date.setMilliseconds(0);
 
@@ -115,12 +121,12 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
      * the date-token, respectively.  Skip the remaining sub-steps and continue
      * to the next date-token.
      */
-    if (!found_time) {
+    if (seconds === null) {
       result = TIME.exec(token);
       if (result) {
-        var hour = parseInt(result[1], 10);
-        var minutes = parseInt(result[2], 10);
-        var seconds = parseInt(result[3], 10);
+        hour = parseInt(result[1], 10);
+        minutes = parseInt(result[2], 10);
+        seconds = parseInt(result[3], 10);
         /* RFC6265 S5.1.1.5:
          * [fail if]
          * *  the hour-value is greater than 23,
@@ -131,10 +137,6 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
           return;
         }
 
-        found_time = true;
-        date.setUTCHours(result[1]);
-        date.setUTCMinutes(result[2]);
-        date.setUTCSeconds(result[3]);
         continue;
       }
     }
@@ -144,18 +146,16 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
      * the day-of-month-value to the number denoted by the date-token.  Skip
      * the remaining sub-steps and continue to the next date-token.
      */
-    if (!found_dom) {
+    if (day === null) {
       result = DAY_OF_MONTH.exec(token);
       if (result) {
-        var dom = parseInt(result, 10);
+        day = parseInt(result, 10);
         /* RFC6265 S5.1.1.5:
          * [fail if] the day-of-month-value is less than 1 or greater than 31
          */
-        if(dom < 1 || dom > 31) {
+        if(day < 1 || day > 31) {
           return;
         }
-        found_dom = true;
-        date.setUTCDate(result[1]);
         continue;
       }
     }
@@ -165,11 +165,10 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
      * the month denoted by the date-token.  Skip the remaining sub-steps and
      * continue to the next date-token.
      */
-    if (!found_month) {
+    if (month === null) {
       result = MONTH.exec(token);
       if (result) {
-        found_month = true;
-        date.setUTCMonth(MONTH_TO_NUM[result[1].toLowerCase()]);
+        month = MONTH_TO_NUM[result[1].toLowerCase()];
         continue;
       }
     }
@@ -179,10 +178,10 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
      * denoted by the date-token.  Skip the remaining sub-steps and continue to
      * the next date-token.
      */
-    if (!found_year) {
+    if (year === null) {
       result = YEAR.exec(token);
       if (result) {
-        var year = parseInt(result[0], 10);
+        year = parseInt(result[0], 10);
         /* From S5.1.1:
          * 3.  If the year-value is greater than or equal to 70 and less
          * than or equal to 99, increment the year-value by 1900.
@@ -198,20 +197,16 @@ function parseDate(str,strict) {
         if (year < 1601) {
           return; // 5. ... the year-value is less than 1601
         }
-
-        found_year = true;
-        date.setUTCFullYear(year);
-        continue;
       }
     }
   }
 
-  if (!(found_time && found_dom && found_month && found_year)) {
+  if (seconds === null || day === null || month === null || year === null) {
     return; // 5. ... at least one of the found-day-of-month, found-month, found-
             // year, or found-time flags is not set,
   }
 
-  return date;
+  return new Date(Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds));
 }
 
 function formatDate(date) {