(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)
date_create — Returns new DateTime object
String in a format accepted by strtotime(), defaults to "now".
Time zone of the time.
Returns DateTime object on success or FALSE on failure.
Example #1 date_create() example
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
$datetime = date_create('2008-08-03 14:52:10');
echo date_format($datetime, DATE_ATOM);
?>
El resultado del ejemplo seria:
2008-08-03T14:52:10+01:00