- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$dt1 = new \DateTime('2016-10-30 00:30:00', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$dt2 = new \DateTime('2016-10-30 01:30:00', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
var_dump($dt1->getTimestamp());
var_dump($dt2->getTimestamp());
var_dump($dt1->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Brussels'))->format(\DateTime::RFC3339));
var_dump($dt2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Brussels'))->format(\DateTime::RFC3339));
var_dump($dt1->getTimestamp());
var_dump($dt2->getTimestamp());
var_dump($dt1->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->format(\DateTime::RFC3339));
var_dump($dt2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->format(\DateTime::RFC3339));
var_dump($dt1->getTimestamp());
var_dump($dt2->getTimestamp());