You can reproduce bug #20070401a:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: ascii -*-

import re
import cjson
from datetime import date, datetime

re_datetime=r'new\sDate\(Date\.UTC\(([0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+)(,[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+)?(,[0-9]+)?\)\)'

def json2datetime(json):
    '''Convert JSON representation to date or datetime object depending on
    the argument count. Requires UTC datetime representation.
    Raises ValueError if the string cannot be parsed.'''
    if json[:18]!='new Date(Date.UTC(' or json[-2:]!='))':
        raise ValueError('Not a JSON UTC Date: %s'%json)
    args=json[18:-2].split(',')
    try:
        args=map(int, args)
    except ValueError:
        raise ValueError('Invalid arguments: %s'%json)
    if len(args)==3: return date(*args)
    if len(args)==6: return datetime(*args)
    if len(args)==7:
        args[6]*=1000
        return datetime(*args)
    raise ValueError('Invalid number of arguments: %s'%json)

def dateDecoder(json,idx,re=re.compile(re_datetime)):
    '''Decodes JSON Date object into a date or datetime object.'''
    m=re.match(json, idx)
    if not m:
        s=json[idx:]
        if len(s)>100:
            s=s[:100]+'...'
        raise DecodeError('cannot parse JSON string as Date object: %s'%s)
    s=m.start()
    e=m.end()
    dt=json2datetime(json[s:e])
    return (dt,e-s) # must return (object, character_count) tuple

def decode(json):
    return cjson.decode(json, extension=dateDecoder)

json='new Date(Date.UTC(1990,12,31))'
print repr(decode(json))

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./jsonhiba.py", line 45, in ?
    print repr(decode(json))
  File "./jsonhiba.py", line 42, in decode
    return cjson.decode(json, extension=dateDecoder)
  File "./jsonhiba.py", line 38, in dateDecoder
    dt=json2datetime(json[s:e])
  File "./jsonhiba.py", line 18, in json2datetime
    args=map(int, args)
cjson.DecodeError: cannot parse JSON description: new Date(Date.UTC(19