Online PHP editor | refs for DOPLL

<?php //Check dates $curDateTime = time(); //$oldDateTime = $customerLock[0]['change_date']; <== obtained from the DB $oldDateTime = 1443530876;//This is the output from the above one, just for this Example. $date1 = new DateTime(); $date1->createFromFormat('H:i:s d/m/Y', Date('H:i:s d/m/Y', $curDateTime)); $date2 = new DateTime(); $date2->createFromFormat('H:i:s d/m/Y', Date('H:i:s d/m/Y', $oldDateTime)); $unix_to_date = Date('H:i:s d/m/Y', $oldDateTime); //to check the valid timestamp var_dump($unix_to_date); //outputs: string(19) "14:47:56 29/09/2015" var_dump($date1); //outputs: object(DateTime)#3 (3) { ["date"]=> string(26) "2015-09-30 12:31:54.000000" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam" } //valid object as it's the currentDate earlier set. var_dump($date2); //outputs: object(DateTime)#4 (3) { ["date"]=> string(26) "2015-09-30 12:32:54.000000" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam" } //Which is wrong as it's the current date time. ?>