<?php

$tz = new DateTimezone('Europe/Berlin');

$dt = new DateTime();
$dt->setTimezone($tz);

echo '<b>available datetime formats</b>' . PHP_EOL;

echo $dt->format(DateTime::ATOM) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::COOKIE) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RSS) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::W3C) . PHP_EOL;

echo $dt->format(DateTime::ISO8601) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC822) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC850) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC1036) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC1123) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC2822) . PHP_EOL;
echo $dt->format(DateTime::RFC3339) . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;

echo '<b>create DateTime from a string with predefined format</b>' . PHP_EOL;

$dt = DateTime::createFromFormat(
    DateTime::RSS,
    'Sat, 04 Oct 2014 14:38:40 +0200'
);

dump($dt);

available datetime formats
2026-05-10T23:07:07+02:00
Sunday, 10-May-2026 23:07:07 CEST
Sun, 10 May 2026 23:07:07 +0200
2026-05-10T23:07:07+02:00
2026-05-10T23:07:07+0200
Sun, 10 May 26 23:07:07 +0200
Sunday, 10-May-26 23:07:07 CEST
Sun, 10 May 26 23:07:07 +0200
Sun, 10 May 2026 23:07:07 +0200
Sun, 10 May 2026 23:07:07 +0200
2026-05-10T23:07:07+02:00

create DateTime from a string with predefined format

^ DateTime @1412426320 {#1392

  date: 2014-10-04 14:38:40.0 +02:00

}

• Internationalization of date formats
• Filtering elements of an Iterator
• New features for Generator in PHP 7

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