Seems the default format for the date filter is not the same on every browser. If you don't specify the format as a parameter to the date filter function it has a different output on different browsers.
From the browsers I'm testing with, I'm getting the following:
Firefox 3.6.23 Windows:
'08 December 2011'
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Windows:
'Thursday, December 08, 2011'
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Windows:
'Thursday, December 08, 2011'
Firefox 7.0.1 Mac OS:
'12/08/2011'
Chrome 14.0.835.202 Mac OS:
'Thursday, December 08, 2011'
JS Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/rur_d/sTxRN/