- print_r: documentation ( source)
- date: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
echo date('YmdHis', strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00')); // 19621117000000
print_r(DateTime::createFromFormat('U', strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00'), new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->format('YmdHis'));
// fails as createFromFormat returns false