diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 23f55440c7e76a..b6e8ddd8bd349a 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.11',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.12',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/date/dateparser.h b/deps/v8/src/date/dateparser.h
index 9975737c073af3..1a0a0b15ab7585 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/date/dateparser.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/date/dateparser.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class DateParser : public AllStatic {
     int ReadUnsignedNumeral() {
       int n = 0;
       int i = 0;
+      // First, skip leading zeros
+      while (ch_ == '0') Next();
+      // And then, do the conversion
       while (IsAsciiDigit()) {
         if (i < kMaxSignificantDigits) n = n * 10 + ch_ - '0';
         i++;
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-12256.js b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-12256.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e6407c06ed1df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-12256.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2021 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+const dates = [{ year: '2021', month: '10', day: '22', hour: '10', minute: '12', second: '32' },
+               { year: '2021', month: '8', day: '3', hour: '9', minute: '9', second: '6' }];
+
+for (let date of dates) {
+  const { year, month, day, hour, minute, second } = date;
+  const s0 = `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${minute}:${second}Z`;
+
+  // V8 reads at most kMaxSignificantDigits (9) to build the value of a numeral,
+  // so let's test up to 9 leading zeros.
+
+  // For years
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${'0'.repeat(i) + year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${minute}:${second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // For months
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${year}-${'0'.repeat(i) + month}-${day} ${hour}:${minute}:${second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // For days
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${year}-${month}-${'0'.repeat(i) + day} ${hour}:${minute}:${second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // For hours
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${year}-${month}-${day} ${'0'.repeat(i) + hour}:${minute}:${second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // For minutes
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${'0'.repeat(i) + minute}:${second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // For seconds
+  for (let i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+    const s1 = `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${minute}:${'0'.repeat(i) + second}Z`;
+    assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  new Date(s1).getTime());
+  }
+
+  // With same input date string,
+  // Date() and Date.parse() should return the same date
+  assertTrue(new Date(s0).getTime() ==  Date.parse(s0));
+}