Parse string to date with moment.js

I always seem to find myself landing here only to realize that the title and question are not quite aligned.

If you want a moment date from a string:

const myMomentObject = moment(str, 'YYYY-MM-DD')

From moment documentation:

Instead of modifying the native Date.prototype, Moment.js creates a wrapper for the Date object.

If you instead want a javascript Date object from a string:

const myDate = moment(str, 'YYYY-MM-DD').toDate();