- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$MNTTZ = new DateTimeZone('America/Denver');
$ESTTZ = new DateTimeZone('America/New_York');
$dt = new DateTime('11/24/2009 2:00 pm', $MNTTZ);
var_dump($dt->format(DATE_RFC822), $dt->format('U'));
$dt->setTimezone($ESTTZ);
var_dump($dt->format(DATE_RFC822), $dt->format('U'));