setDate JQuery doesn't work in IE

setDate JQuery doesn't work in IE

I have a JQuery function which works in FireFox and but stops in IE. The whole function is below but the error I am getting is on this line: I am using jquery-1.10.2

Unhandled exception at line 272, column in eval code

0x800a138f - JavaScript runtime error: Unable to get property 'setDate' of undefined or null reference


depart.setDate(depart.getDate() + nights);

The whole function
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 $('#dtCalendarFinalSubmit2').focusout(function () {
        var nights = parseInt($('#TextBoxFinalSubmitDayIncrement').val());
        var depart = $.datepicker.parseDate('mm/dd/yy', $('#dtCalendarFinalSubmit2').val());
        var incType = $("#DropDownListFinalSubmitDayType option:selected").text();
        if (incType == 'Business')
            nights = AddBusinessDays(nights);

        depart.setDate(depart.getDate() + nights);
        $('#dtCalendarFinalReview2').val($.datepicker.formatDate('mm/dd/yy', depart));
    });